Evidence for Reform - Where research meets policy

Please note that this event will exclusively be in-person with no recordings of the sessions. With limited capacity in the venue, we would encourage you to register at your nearest convenience.

Opening - 09:30 - 09:45

Muiris O’Connor – Assistant Secretary Research & Development and Health Analytics Division, Department of Health. Welcome and comments on the role of research in health reform in Ireland.

Session 1 - Health System Sustainability and Productivity | 09:45 - 11:15

Chair: Louise McGirr, Assistant Secretary, Health Sector Employment & Industrial Relations Policy Division, Department of Health.

1. Luca Lorenzoni | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - Sustainability of health systems: International comparisons and a case study on Ireland
2. Michael Barry | National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE) - Cost containment in pharmaceutical spending
3. Deirdre O’Donnell | UCD - Interprofessional collaboration in community specialist teams for older people

Coffee Break | 11:15 - 11:30

Session 2 - Expansion of care into the community | 11:30 - 13:00

Chair: Siobhán McArdle, Assistant Secretary, Social Care, Mental Health Drugs Policy and Unscheduled Care, Department of Health.

1. Paul Kavanagh and Marian Keane | Health Service Executive (HSE) - Integrated Service Model – analytic support across strategy, operations and clinical domains
2. Therese McDonnell | UCD Iris Health Systems Research Centre - Induced demand under the expansion of GP Visit Cards
3. Austin Warters | HSE - Using health admin data to identify approaches for improving outcomes for frail older adults with a focus on home support

Lunch | 13:00 - 14:00

Session 3 - Prevention, Health promotion and well-being | 14:00 - 15:30

Chair: Breda Smyth, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health.

1. Deirdre Robertson | Economic and Social research Institute (ESRI) - Food labelling & the interaction of industry with policy
2. Martin Quigley | Pobal & Suzi Lyons | Health Research Board (HRB) - Addiction treatment and geographic deprivation
3. Irene Gibson | UoG - Delivering prevention services digitally in the home for CVD
4. Karen Cardwell | Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) - Covid 19 – rapid response research collation in response to policy needs

Coffee Break | 15:30 - 15:45

Panel on health research and policy | 15:45-16:45

Chair: Jasmina Behan, Assistant Secretary, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

• Robert Watt – Secretary General Department of Health
• Bernard Gloster – incoming CEO of the Health Service Executive (HSE)
• Ana Terrés – Head of Research and Evidence, Health Service Executive (HSE)
• Máirín Ryan – Director of Health Technology Assessment, Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)
• Mairéad O’Driscoll – CEO, Health Research Board (HRB)

Close at 16:45