Some key documents

(2025) Deprived children in Ireland: characterising those who are deprived but not income-poor. Dublin: ESRI.

(2025) Care to college: an exploratory study on care-experienced students’ educational journeys. Dublin: ESRI and EPIC, Empowering People in Care.

(2025) Coping with death and grief as a healthcare worker [Website] HSE

(2024) How to put national standards into practice: key steps for health, mental health and social care services. HIQA and MHC.

(2022) Key considerations to inform policy for the collection, use and sharing of health and social care information in Ireland. HIQA Summary

(2022) Ending the silence around problem alcohol use in the home. Awareness raising toolkit for issues faced by growing up with problem alcohol use in the home.  Alcohol Action Ireland

(2022) Families of people who use drugs: health and social responses. EU Drugs Agency

(2021) When “good enough” isn’t good enough: interdisciplinary perspectives on caring for adults using substances at the end of life. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

(2019) The administration of naloxone social care worker perspectives and experiences. Irish Medical Journal  

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