The European Commission has published the European Care Strategy to ensure quality, affordable and accessible care services right across the European Union and seeks to improve the situation for both…
People should be assured of the required treatment and care in times of illness or vulnerability. The standard of care is dependent to a great degree on the resources made available, which in turn…
In October 2020, the Irish Government published its first paper on the introduction of a Wellbeing Framework and, since then, has been working on what should be included to measure how well Ireland…
The latest data available from the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF)(end of May 2022) shows that 12.5 per cent of the population, 1 in every 8 of us, was waiting for outpatient treatment. That…
Ireland remains the only western European country without universal coverage for primary care[1]. Ireland’s health system ranked 22nd out of 35 countries in 2018 but on the issue of accessibility,…
Ireland and the wider world is moving steadily towards the deadline of 2030 by which time we are supposed to have delivered on the Climate Strategy and the Sustainable Development Goals. Delivering…
The coming decade will be one of transformation as we try to meet our climate goals. This edition of National Social Monitor ‘Just Transition’ sets out some specific policies that Social Justice…
Mental health is critical to individual well-being, as well as for social and economic participation and it is an increasingly important concern in both Ireland and Northern Ireland. The pandemic has…
The OECD has recently released its Covid-19 Recovery Dashboard, a selection of twenty indicators that aims to monitor the recovery of OECD countries from the pandemic. Spread across four dimensions…
The Government has recently published the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People, 2022-2027. The stated vision for the strategy is "To facilitate disabled people to live independently with…
