Government ‘a long way off’ from meeting targets to control AMR infections
Despite the government’s goal of reducing antimicrobial-resistant infections by 10% between 2018 and 2025, a National Audit Office report found that infections in England had risen by 2023 to 13% above the 2018 baseline.
There were 66,730 serious antibiotic-resistant infections reported in 2023, which surpassed pre-pandemic levels in 2019 by 3.5%, according to the report
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The UK is “a long way” from achieving its targets for reducing antimicrobial-resistant infections, according to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO).
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