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National Perinatal Reporting System (NPRS)
The National Perinatal Reporting System (NPRS) has as its principal aim, the provision of national statistics on perinatal events. **Purpose:** To maintain a timely accurate national database of key perinatal indicators over time. Collection, processing, management and reporting of data …
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Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE)
HIPE is the principal source of national data on discharges from acute hospitals in Ireland. **Purpose:** To maintain a timely accurate national database of hospital discharge activity that meets the needs of the data users (including policymakers, clinical teams and …
Publisher: Healthcare Pricing Office · Updated: 2026-03-19 EHDS epidemiology healthcare public-health statistics -
Work Related Fatal and Non-Fatal Incident Database Previously Work Related Injuries Database
Non-fatal incidents and dangerous occurrences are self-reported (i.e. reported by employers and self-employed persons). Fatal incidents can be reported by employers, self-employed persons, or An Garda Síochána. Notifications should be sent via a standard form available here https://www.hsa.ie/eng/Publications_and_Forms/Forms/ and are …
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National Psychiatric Inpatient Reporting System (NPIRS)
The database records all admissions to, discharges from and deaths in Irish psychiatric units and hospitals on the register of approved centres under the Mental Health Act 2001. The annual reports produced from the database play a key role in …
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National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI)
The National Drug-Related Deaths Index is an epidemiological database which records drug- and alcohol-related deaths, and deaths among people who used drugs and among alcohol dependent persons in Ireland. **Purpose:** Epidemiological monitoring of drug- and alcohol-related deaths, and deaths among …
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National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS)
The NDTRS is an epidemiological database on treated cases problem drug and alcohol use in Ireland. It records episodes of treatment during the calendar year. It also records incidence and prevalence of drug and alcohol treatment. **Purpose:** The NDTRS was …
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National Ability Supports System (NASS)
NASS contains national data relating to HSE disability-funded services provided to service users. Data is recorded by service providers, both HSE and non-HSE. **Purpose:** To collect data on the HSE-funded disability services that people use or require in a 5-year …
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Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals Census
The database records data on all residents (on 31 March of the census year in question) of psychiatric inpatient facilities on the register of approved centres under the Mental Health Act 2001. **Purpose:** The census database is a psychiatric inpatient …
Publisher: Health Research Board · Updated: 2026-03-19 EHDS clinical-data epidemiology public-health surveillance -
2021 National Report (2020 data) to the EMCDDA by the Reitox National Focal Point. Ireland: new developments, trends Previously Drug Situation Ireland — National report to the European Monitoring Cent
Each year, the Irish Focal Point to the EMCDDA, based in the Health Research Board, presents a report on the drugs situation in Ireland to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). Data from this national report …
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2019-20 Irish National Drug and Alcohol Survey
The survey used stratified and multistage area probability sampling methods to select a representative sample of the Irish population that was aged 15 years and older and was living in private households. The primary sampling frame was An Post/Ordnance Survey …
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Surveillance of severe acute respiratory infections (SARI)
SARI surveillance in Ireland is a syndromic sentinel hospital surveillance project, which is part of a wider European network of SARI hospitals, E-SARI-NET. There is currently only one SARI sentinel hospital site in Ireland, collecting case-based data. SARI cases are …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 EHDS epidemiology statistics surveillance -
Surveillance of antimicrobial consumption in Ireland
Data on antimicrobials dispensed by hospital pharmacies, and antimicrobials purchased by community pharmacies, are collected and converted into a standardised measure using the World Health Organization ATC/DDD classification. **Purpose:** In scope: To support overall multi-faceted strategy for the control and …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 Ireland clinical-data healthcare statistics surveillance -
Sentinel GP respiratory surveillance Previously Sentinel Flu Surveillance
The sentinel GP surveillance system is a collaborative surveillance project involving sentinel GPs, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) and the National Virus Reference Laboratory (NVRL). Currently, the sentinel GP network monitors patients consulting …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 EHDS epidemiology healthcare registry surveillance -
National Serosurveillance Programme (NSP)
The National Serosurveillance Programme is the principal source of data on the seroprevalence of COVID-19 in Ireland. **Purpose:** The initial objective of the National Serosurveillance Programme is to report on the seroprevalence of COVID-19 due to vaccination or infection in …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 EHDS epidemiology public-health registry surveillance -
National Hepatitis C Database
Database of persons infected with hepatitis C through the administration of blood and blood products in Ireland. Objectives of database To follow the natural history of infection in this group of people To evaluate the impact of various …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 EHDS Ireland clinical-data healthcare -
National Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (EARS-Net Ireland) Previously National Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance
The European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS) was established in 1999 in response to the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance in Europe. In 2010 EARSS coordination was transferred to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and renamed …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 Ireland healthcare registry surveillance -
Immunisation Uptake Statistics among health care workers
Each hospital or long term care facility reports on number of staff vaccinated with influenza vaccine for the current influenza season, the total number of staff employed during the period under review (influenza season) by staff category. Additional information is …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 Ireland healthcare public-health -
Immunisation Uptake Statistics at 12 and 24 months of age Previously Immunisation uptake statistics - early childhood
Vaccines in the primary childhood immunisation schedule are given by General Practitioners; the returns (records of GP administered vaccinations to patients) are sent to the local HSE Area and recorded on the local database. Each HSE area maintains a childhood …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 health public-health statistics -
HIV Antenatal Testing
Antenatal HIV testing for pregnant women. In April 1999, the Department of Health and Children, on the advice of the National AIDS Strategy Committee (NASC), introduced a policy of voluntary antenatal HIV testing in Ireland. As part of this programme, …
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Hand Hygiene Compliance Monitoring
Compliance with World Health Organization (WHO) “Five Moments of Hand Hygiene” opportunities by healthcare workers in acute hospitals. Data from hand hygiene audit tools (MS Excel) are collated by HPSC via the MicroB online tool and the results published. **Purpose:** …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 Ireland healthcare registry statistics surveillance