Brendan Walsh
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Economics and Health Policy. Senior Research Officer @ESRIDublin
Dublin via Mayo
Joined March 2009
Research with @sheeconn published today on changes in Nursing Home supply in Ireland. The full report can be found here https://t.co/KtLBMTdX2A & some coverage on the key points in @IrishTimes here
irishtimes.com
One in five smaller private homes closed in two-year period, as private equity funded hubs take larger chunk of market
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Today, we have published a report titled 'An analysis of Population-Based Resource Allocation for health and social care in Ireland' by @Walsh_BP and Leonie Hill. 💡 Read more key findings: https://t.co/KAJyEpsFWd 📄 Download the full report: https://t.co/oLxscubiBY
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"Plans to separate GP and nursing home spending from the new HSE health regions may mean the budgets will not fully reflect local needs and could worsen inequalities" 💡 Read more key findings: https://t.co/KAJyEptdLL 📰 Read @IrishExaminer coverage:
irishexaminer.com
ESRI senior research officer Brendan Walsh said 'resource allocation mechanism may not reflect a full understanding of the actual resource needs of health regions'
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I discussed our @ESRIDublin research on sub-minimum wages at an Oireachtas committee earlier this month. In this article, @GillStedman provides an excellent summary of the issue. https://t.co/BOrGPKbRHM
rte.ie
Legislation allows employers in Ireland to pay those under 20 less than their older colleagues - but is this fair?
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2 days later than scheduled due to 2 (very) delayed flights but finally at @EuHEA 2024. Presenting 2 papers today. First one at 14.15 on variation of day case rates for elective surgery, coauthored with @ESRIDublin colleagues @aoife_brick , @Walsh_BP and H. Humes
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The 2024 Ageing Report. Economic & Budgetary Projections for EU Member States (2022-2070) is out! Happy to be in Brussels for the launch, to discuss what we (don’t) know about the role of #LongTermCare technology on the future costs of care #socialrights
economy-finance.ec.europa.eu
This report presents the projections showing the economic and budgetary impact of an ageing population over the long term.
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NEW LONG-TERM CARE SYSTEM PROFILE: #Ireland 🇮🇪 In this profile, Brendan Walsh and @sheeconn (@tcddublin) describe the Irish #LTC system, which relies heavily on unpaid family #care 👨👦 Explore here 👉 https://t.co/lS3I6BZYAm
#LongTermCare
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Poor housing damages relationships between children and their mothers, study says
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Great to see commitment to increase public hospital inpatient bed capacity across all regions. @ESRIDublin research released with @aoife_brick last year showed the need for more beds in the Irish health system
Ministers @DonnellyStephen and @Paschald today announced the Acute Inpatient Hospital Bed Expansion Plan. This significant expansion includes 2,997 new and 355 replacement beds, in addition to the 1,015 beds already committed to https://t.co/Eoy6AMbXL3
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A 4-year fully funded PhD Opportunity in @RCSI_Irl Exploration of the impact of the mass movement of people into Ireland on the healthy system: A mixed methods study Supervisors: @sweenema, Dr. Chiara Pittalis, Dr Éidín Ní Shé, Dr Jakub Gajewski & Me https://t.co/4dQiykkdfI
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🩺 A new @ESRIDublin report published today titled "Current and projected demand for nurses working in general practice in Ireland" by @sheeconn and Ellen Flanagan sheds light on key aspects shaping the future of healthcare delivery. Read the full report: https://t.co/oMmuXjkJOX
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🧵Today we publish research introducing our new ‘Housing and Healthcare Planning’ model This model estimates the demand for primary care & acute public hospital healthcare that may arise from new residential developments
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Increasing healthcare supply nationally will be required to meet the growing demands of the Irish population. But supply needs to go to where people will live. The HHP model can inform where this additional supply is required, by integrated housing and healthcare planning.
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... and a 1,000 unit Housing for All development would required 5 fully staffed inpatient beds in a local hospital to meet additional demand from residents.
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Focusing on primary care, the first report using the HHP model estimates that a typical 1,000 unit Housing for All development will require 1.5 GP WTEs to meet a development's demand and reach the national average GP supply. Social housing developments would require more...
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There is a chronic need for homes in Ireland. Providing key services & healthcare is also vital for new homes & communities. The 'Housing and Healthcare Planning' model developed @ESRIDublin provides a tool to estimate health service need for new homes
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Really interesting analyses on the potential role of Co-Ops for care by @UCCCoopStudies @CUBSucc discussed here. @SageAdvocacy recently highlighted the importance of social enterprises in this area. Care and supports based on locals people and communities has huge potential.
Could care co-operatives be an answer to home care crisis? Analysis by Carol Power & Caroline Crowley @UCCCoopStudies @CUBSucc @UCC @IrishResearch
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Interested in working on current policy issues such as inequality, social inclusion, migration? Come and work with us @ESRIDublin ! We have a vacancy for a sociologist (tenure track Research Officer) to work on our inter-disciplinary team
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As is traditional, we are extending the call for papers for the inaugural Irish Public Economics Workshop - supported by @IrishResearch - until Monday 11th March. So still time to submit a paper and join a great crew in Dublin later this year!
We're delighted to open the call for papers for the inaugural Irish Public Economics Workshop, kindly supported by @IrishResearch! It will take place in Dublin at the end of August with a keynote from Prof. Henrik Kleven. Submit your paper today at https://t.co/UydlNFW5TF
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New research published in Journal of Palliative Care led by @ssmith_tcd examining issues surrounding place of death for adults receiving specialist palliative care in their last 3 months of life. https://t.co/Q1NPIKB7jv
@ESRIDublin
journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Congruence between the preferred and actual place of death is recognised as an important quality indicator in end-of-life care. However, there may b...
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The Fiscal Council is looking to recruit two summer interns. This paid internship with flexible remote working options will be attractive to those interested in a career in data science or economics. Find out more and apply by Friday 22nd March: https://t.co/4r0KJN3WSY
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