Useful Links

GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS

HEALTH AUTHORITIES

• Health Service Executive - www.hse.ie/en/

• Health Reform Service Programme - www.healthreform.ie

STATE BODIES

• National Children’s Office - www.nco.ie
  The National Children's Office is the only Government Agency, which aims to improve all aspects children's lives, as set out in the National Children's Strategy.

• National Disability Authority - www.nda.ie
  The National Disability Authority, on behalf of the State, promotes and helps secure the rights of people with disabilities.

INDEPENDENT & STATE RESEARCH BODIES/ORGANISATIONS

• Health Research Board - www.hrb.ie
  The Health Research Board promotes, funds, commissions and conducts medical, epidemiological and health services research in Ireland.

• The Irish Council for Bioethics - www.bioethics.ie
  The Irish Council for Bioethics/Comhairle Bithetice na hEireann is as an independent, autonomous body which considers ethical issues raised by recent developments in science and medicine.

• National Institute for Health Sciences - www.nihs.ie
  The National Institute of Health Sciences is a Mid-Western Health Board initiative for developing an educational and research infrastructure.

• Irish Social Science Data Archive - http://www.ucd.ie/issda
  The Irish Social Science Data Archive was established within the auspices of the Institute for Study of Social Change and fills a long recognised need in Ireland.  The ISSDA holds, processes and harmonises machine readable data from various surveys etc.

• Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences - www.irchss.ie
  The Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences was established to develop Ireland’s research capacity and skills base in a rapidly changing global environment where knowledge is key to economic and social growth.

• Economic Research & Social Institute - www.esri.ie
  The ERSI mission is to produce high quality research, with a core focus on Ireland’s economic and social development, in order to inform policy-making and societal understanding.

• HSE Libraries Online - www.hselibrary.ie

IRISH MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

• Irish College of Psychiatrists - www.irishpsychiatry.com

• The Psychological Society of Ireland - www.psihq.ie

• The Irish Association of Social Workers - www.iasw.ie

• The Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland - www.aoti.ie

• Irish Psychiatric Nurses Association - www.pna.ie

• Irish Nurses Organisation - www.ino.ie

• The IrishCollege of General Practitioners - www.icgp.ie

• An Bord Altranais - www.nursingboard.ie

• The Irish College of General Practitioners - www.icgp.ie

• The National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery - www.ncnm.ie

IRISH MENTAL HEALTH VOLUNTARY & ADVOCACY ORGANISATIONS

• Mental Health Ireland - www.mentalhealthireland.ie
  Mental Health Ireland aims to promote positive mental health and to actively support persons with a mental illness, their families and carers by identifying their needs and advocating their rights.

• Aware - www.aware.ie
  Aware is a voluntary organisation formed by a group of interested patients, relatives and mental health professionals, whose aims are to assist that section of the population whose lives are directly affected by depression.

• Schizophrenia Ireland - www.sirl.ie
  Schizophrenia Ireland is the national organisation dedicated to upholding the rights and addressing the needs of all those affected by schizophrenia and related illnesses, through the promotion and provision of high quality services and working to ensure the continual enhancement of the quality of life of the people it serves.

• Alzheimer Society of Ireland - www.alzheimer.ie
  The Alzheimer Society of Ireland was established by a group of carers with the aim of providing support and services to people with dementia and their carers.

• Irish Advocacy Network - www.irishadvocacynetwork.com
  The Irish Advocacy Network exists to promote and facilitate Peer Advocacy on an island wide basis. This is achieved through the provision of Information and support for mental health service users and or survivors. The network aims to support people in speaking up for themselves and in achieving empowerment by taking control of their own lives.

• GROW - www.grow.ie
  GROW is a Mental Health Organisation which helps people who have suffered, or are suffering, from mental health problems.  Members are helped to recover from all forms of mental breakdown, or indeed, to prevent such happening. GROW, founded in Australia in 1957 by former mental sufferers, has a national network of over 130 Groups in Ireland. Its principal strength is the support members give each other from their own experience in matters to do with mental health. GROW is grant aided by all of the Health Boards and by the Department of Health and Children.

• The Irish Association of Suicidology - www.ias.ie
  The IAS set out to be a forum for all individuals and voluntary groups involved in any aspect of suicidology for the exchange of knowledge gained from differing perspectives and experiences.

• National Federation of Voluntary Bodies – Providing Services to People with Intellectual Disability - www.fedvol.ie
  The National Federation of Voluntary Bodies is the national umbrella organisation for voluntary/non-statutory agencies who provide direct services to people with intellectual disabilities.

• Bodywhys, The Eating Disorders Association of Ireland - www.bodywhys.ie
  Bodywhys is a national charity which offers support, information and understanding for people with eating disorders, their families and friends.

OTHER USEFUL IRISH SITES

• Age & Opportunity - www.olderinireland.ie
  Age & Opportunity is the Irish national agency working to challenge negative attitudes to ageing and older people and promote greater participation by older people in society.

USEFUL UK SITES

• Department of Health UK - www.doh.gov.uk

• Medical Research Council - www.mrc.ac.uk
  The UK Medical Research Council (MRC) is a national organisation funded by the UK taxpayer.  It promotes research into all areas of medical and related science with the aims of improving the health and quality of life of the UK public and contributing to the wealth of the nation.

• NHS National Electronic Library for Health - www.nelh.nhs.uk

• RoyalCollege of Psychiatry - www.rcpsych.ac.uk

• The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health - www.scmh.org.uk
  The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health (SCMH) is a charity that works to improve the quality of life for people with severe mental health problems. It carries out research, development and training work to influence policy and practice in health and social care.

• Electronic Library for Social Care - www.elsc.org.uk
  eLSC is a free online resource owned and managed by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). It provides a single point of access to an extensive range of social care knowledge, including practice information, skills tutorials, and around 70,000 abstracts of books, reports, research papers, journals, official publications and articles.

• SANE - www.sane.org.uk
  SANE is a UK organisation aims to raise awareness and respect for people with mental illness and their families, improve education and training, and secure better services.

• Mental Health Alliance - www.mentalhealthalliance.org.uk
  Coalition of over 60 organisations bringing together people using mental health services, carers, voluntary sector organisations, NHS managers and professionals.

• Mental Health Foundation - www.mentalhealth.org.uk

USEFUL EUROPEAN SITES

• Council of Europe Human Rights Conventions and Protocols - www.conventions.coe.int

• HOPE Hospitals for Europe - www.hope.be

• European Forum for Primary Care  - http://www.euprimarycare.org/smartsite.dws?id=2

• Horatio European Psychiatric Nurses - http://www.horatio-web.eu/

USEFUL WORLD SITES

• United Nations - Human Rights - www.un.org

• Amnesty International - Irish Branch - www.amnesty.ie

• World Health Organisation - http://www.euro.who.int/

OTHER RESEARCH SITES

• The Cochrane Collaboration - www.cochrane.org

• Nuffield Council on Bioethics - http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/

Statistical Data Sources

• Central Statistics Office

• Eurostat:Centralised EU Statistics

• Statistical Report of the Nursing and Midwifery Admissions Service: UK

• Minority Nursing Statistics: USA

• New Zealand Workforce Statistics 2001 : Nurses and Midwives

Nursing Education

• Royal College of Nursing (UK)

• NHS Education for Scotland

• Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery – NIPEC

Universities and Third Level Colleges

• Dublin City University

• National University of Ireland, Galway

• National University of Ireland, Maynooth

• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

• The University of Dublin, Trinity College

• University College, Cork

• University College, Dublin

• University of Limerick

• Athlone Institute of Technology

• Dundalk Institute of Technology

• Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology

• Institute of Technology, Tralee

• Letterkenny Institute of Technology

• Waterford Institute of Technology

Research International

• All Ireland NCI Cancer Consortium

• Evidence Based Healthcare (UK)

• Evidence Based Midwifery (UK)

• Joanna Briggs Institute (Australia)

• Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research

• NHSU Contacts, Help, Advice and Information Networks (C.H.A.I.N.)

• National Institute of Nursing Research (US)

• Nursing Information Research Exchange (NIRE)

• Nursing Research Initiative for Scotland

• Nurse researcher database (Canada)

• Research & Development learning (UK)

• Sigma Theta Tau International