Terrés, Ana2019-12-092019-12-092019-12https://hdl.handle.net/10147/626952The objective of this plan is to embed a culture of research, evidence based practice and innovation in the health service so that research becomes a critical enabler of health service delivery by attracting and retaining the best healthcare staff, improving the quality and process of care, increasing the levels of productivity and efficiency, and increasing patient engagement and satisfaction. It aims to develop the mechanisms and operational infrastructure required to embed research as part of health service delivery and decision making, positioning research as a key enabler of the transformation required to implement Sláintecare.(2) The plan focuses on six key areas: • Adequate research governance to ensure participants are protected: Research governance mechanisms are necessary to ensure public confidence, by guaranteeing that research complies with all professional, ethical, legal and scientific standards, hence reducing risk, enhancing ethical and scientific quality and encouraging good practice. • Support for staff engaged in research: Research management and support structures are essential to ensure research governance is implemented successfully to develop a research culture and to build capacity. • Increasing human and financial capacity: The health service currently faces severe financial and staffing pressures in the process of delivering care. Hence, the service must be able to leverage external investment and expertise to support and grow research activity, and to ensure internal investment in research represents value for money. • Adding value through research: In order for research to have impact, research must be relevant to the needs of the patients, the health service and the policy makers, and the knowledge generated must be translated into policy and practice. Dissemination and implementation are essential to achieving impact, so that the benefits of knowledge generation are passed to other researchers, practitioners and the wider community. Knowledge translation is the application of that knowledge by relevant stakeholders to accelerate the benefits of global and local innovation in strengthening health systems and improving people’s health. Institutional strategies are needed to promote and facilitate dissemination, and to facilitate knowledge translation. • Involving patients: The involvement of patients and the public in research plays an important role in ensuring that patients are informed about research that is relevant to them. This can result in increased patient participation and involvement in research. Enabling patients and their families to inform research focus areas and processes is likely to improve the relevance of research. 1. Executive Summary 12 HSE Action Plan for Health Research 2019 –2029 • Leveraging the power of collaboration: The Health Service is a key component of the national health research system. This includes other key actors, such as the third level sector, health funders and charities, patient groups, the Department of Health, industry and other agencies and organisations. The system must work in one direction to achieve maximum impact, and this can only be achieved by establishing strong collaborative links to ensure alignment between health service needs, research and education, policy and innovation. Hence mechanisms to facilitate alignment, engagement, knowledge exchange and collaboration are essential to ensure success.enRESEARCHHEALTH SERVICESEVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICEReport