Dorset Council, Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals

Local authority

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This project is being undertaken in the national interest during a national emergency, with information being provided Independent Peer Review Not required IF YOU HAVE TICKED 'NOT REQUIRED' PLEASE SPECIFY THE REASONS: This project is being undertaken in the national interest during a national emergency, with information being provided across governments and health authorities. Research Ethics Not required THE PROJECT USES WILL USE ONLY ANONYMISED DATA, AND THEREFORE RESEARCH ETHICS REVIEW IS NOT REQUIRED Yes 2 of 5 across governments and health authorities. There is an urgent need to map the spread and impact of COVID-19 across the UK. Researchers will analyse data from the C-19 Symptom Tracker app, which is now used by close on 2m people, to understand the spread of the illness and present these data to key decision makers and public health officials to help them identify areas that need focused attention through, for example, more targeted social distancing campaigns or diagnostic testing. In support of this national response, this project is undertaking the following areas of work. To produce a COVID19 infection map at LSOA across Dorset, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole, which over the last 7-14 days to show the spread of infections as reported by the App. To better understand the spread of COVID-19 Pan-Dorset and present this data to key decision makers in the Dorset ICS. This will help us identify potential spread hotspots and identify the effectiveness of social distancing interventions.

Specifically this project aims to map the spread of COVID-19 in Dorset and Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Local Authority areas to aid local decision making in response to COVID-19 outbreak in Dorset. Also the aim of this project is to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Dorset. Anticipated outcomes of the project are to provide daily updated maps of the spread of the illness across Dorset and to feed data into our Dorset Infectious Dorset Model. Another outcome is to reduce the demand on NHS services and save lives in across Dorset.

21/04/2020

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