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Trinity College Dublin, in collaboration with the Health Research Board Trials Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN), will host a Winter School on 4th - 5th December 2019. Leading experts will present at the two-day workshop and best research practice will be discussed. See link to Agenda with registration details for anyone who would like to develop their knowledge of and skills in conducting trials in the area of Digital Health.

Food for thought at the opening of the European Society of Cardiology Cardiovascular Disease Prevention which aims to explore strategies to better implement cardiac guidelines. Dr Gabrielle McKee from the School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin presented the work of the ESC prevention working group which has identified that still over 50% of high risk cardiac patients are not meeting lipid, hypertension or physical activity guidelines.

Dying in acute hospitals: voices of bereaved relatives a paper by Ó'Coimín, D., Prizeman, G., Korn, B., Donnelly, S. & Hynes, G., reports the views of bereaved relatives on the experience of care they and the person that died received during their last admission in two university adult acute tertiary hospitals. This research provides a powerful snapshot in time into what works well and what could be improved in end-of-life care in acute hospitals.

The 2nd Annual Nursing Research Day at Naas General Hospital was a great success with nurses presenting on a diverse range of their research topics such as sepsis and the ED triage system, the Red Legs project, advanced care planning in COPD, depression in patients with COPD & COPD and Quality of Life. Dr Gobnait Byrne, Director of TCPHI gave a presentation highlighting the research collaboration that exists between the research centre and the hospital. Read more.

Congratulations to nurses from TCPHI's research collaboration with Intellectual Disability services who presented posters at the Intellectual Disability Nursing Symposium that took place on 16th October in the Ashling Hotel, Dublin. 1st prize was awarded to Amanda Shovlin and Michael Flynn (nurses from Stewarts Care Ltd.) for their work with Dr Carmel Doyle and Dr Julia Louw on the topic of 'Developing a Policy Document for Liquidised Feeding in Children with a Gastrostomy Tube'. Well done to all involved!