Merseyside data providers

Accident and Emergency departments, collected fields:

• Aintree
• Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
• Arrowe Park
• The Royal Liverpool
• Southport and Ormskirk
• Whiston

Other data providers:

• Mersey Regional Ambulance Service
• Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service

Trauma and Injury Intelligence Group

The Trauma and Injury Intelligence Group (TIIG) was established to look at access to quality and reliable injury information. A major element of TIIG is the establishment of an Injury Surveillance System.

Injury Surveillance System

The purpose of the TIIG Injury Surveillance System is to collect injury data from local Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments, along with ambulance, fire and police services. TIIG currently collects and reports on injury data from all A&E departments across Merseyside. In addition data from the local ambulance and fire services are collected on a yearly basis. Over the next twelve months TIIG will be developing the Injury Surveillance System to collect data from Lancashire and Cumbria A&E department.

Reporting

TIIG produces a range of reports including: