HRB National Drugs Library
HSE CHO Area Data
There are nine Community Healthcare Organisations (CHOs) in Ireland. Each CHO has a Chief Officer who leads a local management team that includes focus on all of the specialist services in their area. Each CHO operates through an average of 10 Primary Care Networks comprising of GPs, nurses and allied health professionals. Each Network services a population of approximately 50,000.
We have created a data factsheet for each CHO area with information on drug prevalence and treatment.
- CHO area 1 – Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan
- CHO area 2 – Galway, Roscommon and Mayo
- CHO area 3 – Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary
- CHO area 4 – Kerry and Cork
- CHO area 5 – South Tipperary, Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford
- CHO area 6 – Wicklow and Dublin South East
- CHO area 7 – Kildare, West Wicklow, Dublin West, Dublin South City, and Dublin South West
- CHO area 8 – Laois, Offaly, Longford, Westmeath, Louth and Meath
- CHO area 9 – Dublin North, Dublin North Central and Dublin North West
To view data for all CHO areas in one factsheet, see: Drugs data factsheet: All CHO areas
See also: Doyle, Anne (2023) Regional alcohol-related harm - County level factsheet. Dublin: Health Research Board.
HSE health region data
HRB National Drugs Library (2024) Alcohol and drugs data factsheet: HSE health regions. Dublin: HRB National Drugs Library
Doyle, Anne (2024) Alcohol-related harm - HSE Regional Health Areas. Dublin: Health Research Board.
This page was last updated in January 2025