Decision details

The reasons for the decision are:

Liverpool John Moores University receive, process, clean and securely store anonymised trauma-related injury data collected by Greater Manchester Emergency Departments. This data is used on a regular basis by a range of VRU staff and partners to support the targeting of services and interventions, strategic planning around need, and problem profiling.
TIIG has been providing services in Greater Manchester for around 15 years, provided throughout that time by Liverpool John Moores University (JMU Services Ltd). TIIG provide a key link with health services and non-police data around violence that cannot be accessed through other means.

This data is used in monitoring core VRU outcomes, evaluating VRU interventions, supporting partner services and local authorities’ analytical capacity, and strategic planning.

The higher charges for financial years 23/24 & 24/25 are reflective of an expanded workplan to be delivered by TIIG in both years. These include a TIIG proposal for an intensive work programme with A&Es to improve the quality of ISTV data. This will also further fund TIIG’s dedicated Data Quality Lead who is experienced in working with organisations to improve data collected. The higher costs in these financial years will additionally support in the provision of other useful datasets to inform the VRU violence dashboard.

Use of this data is embedded in a wide range of VRU work, and discontinuation of the contract would result in significant disruption to the VRU’s ability to deliver interventions, monitor outcomes, and report to the Home Office.

The GM VRU will pay Liverpool John Moores University (JMU Services Ltd) the following per financial year for the provision of the TIIG programme, to be funded out of the VRU’s Health and Wellbeing Delivery Group budget:

• £27,180.00 for 22/23
• £46,535 for 23/24
• £47,930 for 24/25