The Cheshire and Merseyside Combined Intelligence System for Population Health Action (CIPHA) has been used to allow events to reopen.
The solution, which is based on Graphnet Health’s CareCentric, was used on a recent club night at the Circus and Sefton Park music festival.
Liverpool events are part of the government’s event research program, meaning they are exempt from the wider Covid regulations, including the rule of six. The results of the program will inform government policy about the reopening of events.
CIPHA, funded by the NHSX, is used to match Covid test results with the purchase of tickets to inform the investigation and ensure that the transmission of the virus is properly monitored. People who buy tickets for the events will have to register their data for the data to reach CIPHA.
As a condition of entry, each ticket holder must be tested for lateral flow at an approved test center with a negative result. Ticket holders also have post-event PCR testing. These data will be available for research.
Gary Leeming, of CIPHA, and director of the civic data cooperative in the Liverpool City region, said: “Being able to manage data for research in this way has been critical to the national data management program. ‘events and we’re really happy to be able to respond very quickly. “
Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care System developed the CIPHA platform to support their Covid-19 responses, enabling world premieres as the pilot for mass testing of the Liverpool community. The program is being developed in collaboration between the NHS in the region, local authorities and the University of Liverpool.
The cloud-based system links health and care information to 2.5 million people from all parts of the system, including acute trusts, general practice, mental and community health trusts, local authorities and services. 999 and 111.
This means that Graphnet software is used by about 1,000 people throughout the patch and that daily status reports are widely distributed.
Brian Waters, Executive Director of Graphnet, added: “The CIPHA program is at the forefront of thinking about collecting and using data to support local and national coronavirus initiatives, both operationally and in terms of scientific research. We are delighted to work alongside the CIPHA teams. “
