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Dr Helen Carter
Specialist Registrar Public Health
Health Protection Agency
Regional Surveillance Unit
West Midlands
Influenza SurveillanceKey Health Data 2007
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•Brief introduction to influenza
•Signpost sources of influenza surveillance information
•Consultation for proposed daily pandemic surveillance bulletin
Aims
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Anyone involved with influenza planning?
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Influenza
Influenza: A respiratory illness associated with infection by influenza virus.
Symptoms: Headache, fever, cough, sore throat, aching muscles and joints.
Pathogen: Virus first identified in 1933
Virus types: Two main types. Influenza A and B. Influenza A usually causes a more
severe illness
Illness: Wide spectrum of illness ranging from minor symptoms to pneumonia and death.
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•Seasonal
Influenza
•Avian
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Avian Influenza
First recognised in 1878, Italy
Current H5N1 outbreak started in 2003
Predominately affecting Indonesia
19th August 2007
Human cases n=321
Deaths n=194
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Pandemic Influenza
•New strain of virus
•Easy to transmit between people
•No immunological resistance in people
•High mortality rate
Can happen at any time of year
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Major influenza A sub-types of 20th Century
1920 1950 1980 2000
1918Spanish
1957 H1N1
19681957Asian
H2N2
1968Hong Kong
H3N2
H1N11977Russian
Shortest interval = 11 years Longest interval = 39 yearsCurrent interval = 37 years
1889-1892 ? H2N21900 ? H3N8
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WHO Pandemic Influenza Phases
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A pandemic is thought most likely to start outside the UK, and to become established in other countries before reaching the UK. For the UK, four alert levels are described in the DH and HPA Plans:
Alert level 1 Cases due to pandemic virus only outside the UKAlert level 2 New pandemic virus isolated in the UK (pandemic
imminent in the UK)Alert level 3 Outbreak(s) due to new pandemic subtype in the
UKAlert level 4 Widespread pandemic activity across UK
UK Alert Levels
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Sources of surveillance information-animals
•Sampling of live caught wild birds
•Sampling of wild birds shoot dead during normal wildfowling activities
•Sampling of wild birds found dead
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Sources of surveillance information-humans
•Royal College of General Practitioners
•QFLU
•NHS Direct
•Schools- Medical Officers for Schools & HPA pilot
•Death certificates
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Royal College of General Practitioners
Established 1957
100 spotter GP practices
Consultations for influenza like illness
NICE utilise baseline for antivirals dispensing decisions
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Epidemic activity (>400)
Higher than average seasonal activity (200-400)
Normal seasonal activity (50-200)
Epidemic activity (>200)
Normal seasonal activity (30-200)
Baseline activity (<50)
Baseline activity (<50)
RCGP new consultations for influenza-like illness
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QFLU
Developed by EMIS and Nottingham University
Based upon GP computer systems
~3,300 practices participating
Population coverage ~25.5 million
PCT level data available
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NHS Direct
Nurse-led telephone service, established 1997
Syndromic surveillance
Clinical algorithms
Answers half a million calls per month
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Cold/flu call proportion of allcalls
Fever calls (5-14 yrs)proportion of all calls
NHS Direct Data
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Schools
Medical Officers for Schools Association
400 members
HPA School absenteeism pilot
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Death certificates
Depends upon doctor writing influenza as cause
Time delay
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Information flows
Primary Care Surveillance Team based in
West Midlands Regional Surveillance Unit
Weekly bulletin: all ready produced
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Background proposed daily bulletin; surveillance during a pandemic
Conjunction with:
•Health Protection Agency, West Midlands Regional Surveillance Unit,
•Government Office for the
West Midlands
•NHS West Midlands,
Strategic Health Authority
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Purpose of bulletin
•To provide a region wide overview
•Provide comparisons to the national situation
•Manage the data demands and expectations of data providers during a pandemic
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Who is it for?
Regional Civil Contingency Committee
Strategic Coordinating Groups
Primary Care Trusts
Health Protection Units
Acute Trusts
Local Authorities
&
potentially media and public
It is anticipated that PCT level data will be available via the Pandemic Influenza Portal and in a complementary weekly bulletin
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Contents
•Health: GP and morbidity data
•NHS data
•Societal impacts
•Pragmatic approach
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Consultation for daily surveillance bulletin
UK ALERT LEVEL: – Outbreak(s) in the UK
GP & Morbidity:
• NHS Direct ‘Cold/Flu’ Calls: Increasing (7-day rolling average = 16% of calls)
• QFlu (GP Consultations): Stable (7-day rolling average = 273 consultations for ILI per 100,000 practice population in West Midlands region compared to national rate of 300 consultations)
•RCGP Consultations Increasing to 270 per 100 000 •Laboratory Data: 9 Flu A and 2 Flu B reported (enter date)
(Total for last 7 days = 34 Flu A, 6 Flu B)
NHS:
•A&E Attendances: total for region (increasing from previous week)•Acute Trust bed occupancy rate proportion across region occupied•Proportion of NHS organisations reporting ‘severe’ pressure (escalation level 4)•Antiviral Prescriptions dispensed in West Midlands (no system in place currently)
Societal impact in the West Midlands:
• Mortality: cannot collect in a timely way at present. May be modeled data
• School closures: collected by Government Office via Children and Learners Directorate but not independent sector
• Care homes: no routine system in place currently
Exception reporting (free text)Petrol supplies disrupted in Staffordshire
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Consultation Rate per 100 000 practice population
West Midlands Pandemic Flu Activity
Above Average Activity 100 - 200
Normal Seasonal Activity 30 - 100
Epidemic Activity >200
Data from RCGP / HPA West Midlands Weekly Returns
Baseline Activity <30
All Ages
5-14 yrs
This bulletin has been signed off by: Gillian Smith (Regional Epidemiologist)
West Midlands
Daily Update on the Impact of Pandemic Influenza across the West MidlandsDaily Update 1, Data for (enter date)This update will be sent out at 4pm every afternoon until further notice
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Consultation
Who did we consult?
West Midlands Influenza Pandemic Planning Group;
all trust’s pandemic influenza leads & all LRFs.
Questions:
1. Does the concept of a daily surveillance bulletin appear useful to you?
2. Are the proposed contents items that would be helpful during a pandemic? If not then
3. If any different or additional information is required what information can be omitted to keep the bulletin to one side of A4?
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Results (1)
•Responses so far n=15 covering all apart from one Local Resilience Forum area
•12 via e-mail
•2 verbal
•1 visit to a planning group meeting
[Responses encompassed multiple views]
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Results (2) “We consider the bulletin of huge
importance” PCT
“Very positive start” Multi-agency planning group
“This is so straight forward and sensible no one could argue with it.”
PCT
All positive & supportive of the concept
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Results (3)
Three most requested additional information:
1. Modelled data to aid forecasting demand over next 7-10 days
2. National call centre information
3. Timely mortality data
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Summary
Variety of sources of influenza surveillance data: animal and human
Information for action
Daily bulletin consultation