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Dr Mairéad O’Driscoll, HRB chief executive Health Research Board welcomes update to personal data guidelines The Health Research Board (HRB) has welcomed an update to regulations governing the collection of personal information for health research purposes. The Health Research Regulations (HRR) were introduced in 2018 in response to the European-wide General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) to protect the rights and freedoms of research participants. The recent amendments covered pre-screening to establish suitability or eligibility for inclusion in health research; carrying out low ris...

Minister for Health amends Health Research Regulations on personal information   The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, today made significant amendments to the Health Research Regulation 2018. Those Regulations provide the legal framework that governs the collection, use and sharing of an individual’s personal information for health research purposes. The amendments deal with the following main areas: pre-screening to establish suitability or eligibility for inclusion in health research; carrying out low risk retrospective chart reviews; deferred consent in exceptio...

Covid-19 Updated / Saturday, 23 Jan 2021 07:00 'Next month will mark the anniversary of the first officially recorded case of Covid-19 here. At that time, no-one could have written the script for what was to follow' Health Correspondent Is this the longest January in history? It certainly feels that way. The first month of the year has seen a mixed picture with Covid-19. After the surge in cases, the daily numbers are thankfully beginning to reduce, but only very slowly. The impact on the health system continues, with significant admissions, ICU numbers and unfortunately a high number of de...