Syndromic surveillance summary: 3 March 2022 week 8
Updated 5 January 2023
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Reporting week: 21 February to 27 February 2022
During week 8, there were further increases in selected syndromic gastroenteritis indicators in children. Overall, respiratory syndromic indicators (including influenza-like illness) remain stable and below seasonally expected levels.
Remote health advice syndromic surveillance system
During week 8, NHS 111 respiratory indicators, including cold and flu and ‘potential coronavirus (COVID-19)’, either continued to decrease or remained stable. NHS 111 calls for diarrhoea stabilised across all age groups apart from children aged 5 to 14 years.
GP in hours syndromic surveillance system
During week 8, respiratory indicators including influenza-like illness and COVID-19-like remained stable or decreased. Recent increases observed in vomiting and diarrhoea consultations in children aged under 15 years stabilised during week 8.
GP out of hours syndromic surveillance system
During week 8, GP out of hours contacts for respiratory indicators including acute respiratory infections remained stable and similar or below seasonally expected levels. Contacts for gastroenteritis and vomiting increased in children aged 1 to 4 and 5 to 14 years.
Emergency department syndromic surveillance system
During week 8, respiratory indicators including influenza-like illness and COVID-19-like remained stable or decreased. Recent increases observed in vomiting and diarrhoea consultations in children aged under 15 years stabilised during week 8.
Ambulance syndromic surveillance system
COVID-19-like and difficulty breathing ambulance calls decreased during week 8.
Note: nationally, ambulance trusts have restarted using the ‘pandemic’ triage card for assessing COVID-19 patients. The associated syndromic chart has therefore been returned to this report. Other syndromic indicators (for example, difficulty breathing and chest pain) should therefore be interpreted with caution. Please see Data quality issues of note this week for more information.