With ever increasing demands on healthcare resources, there is a growing awareness of the role of pharmacoeconomics and health economics in informing policy decisions in the health care sector. Policy makers and clinical practitioners charged with enhancing the value for money derived from pharmaceutical expenditure are increasingly turning to pharmacoeconomic evaluations to inform their decision making. Pharmaceutical manufacturers are facing requests to demonstrate the cost effectiveness of medicines which claim a therapeutic advantage but come at higher acquisition cost. The National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics provides education and training in pharmacoeconomics including an introduction to methods and the use of economic evaluation as well as analysis of drug utilisation data in the Irish healthcare setting.
Courses
The NCPE periodically holds courses on topics related to Pharmacoeconomics in Ireland. These courses are typically attended by healthcare professionals, students and members of the pharmaceutical industry.
Update on Pharmacoeconomics in the Irish Healthcare Setting 2022
A date for your diary: the next course an “Update on Pharmacoeconomics in the Irish Healthcare Setting” will take place on Friday 21 October 2022 from 9am to 4pm at the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD).
NCPE Annual Symposium October 2022 programme
NCPE Webinar Series 2021
Pharmacoeconomic Assessment: Implications for policy and practice.
The webinars will be of particular interest to those working on health technology submissions, pharmaceutical industry, academia and those working in healthcare policy.
Presentations from the Webinar Series are available below:
Webinar I – 23rd February 2021
Programme available in the attachment below. Please contact ncpe@stjames.ie to register for these events.
NCPE Annual Symposium 6 and 7 May 2020 – Cancelled
Update on Pharmacoeconomics in the Irish Healthcare setting” 15th & 16th May 2019 Dublin Castle.
Teaching
NCPE contributes to both undergraduate and postgraduate education in the following courses:
Medicine, Trinity College Dublin
BSc Pharmacy, Trinity College Dublin
BSc Pharmacy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
MSc Pharmaceutical Medicine, Trinity College Dublin
MSc Hospital Pharmacy, Trinity College Dublin
MSc Clinical Pharmacy, University College Cork
National Pharmacy Internship Programme, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Nurse & Midwife Prescribing, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland