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Antibiotic prescribing target hit one year early in England

The 'English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance' report showed that total antibiotic consumption in England declined by 15.1% between 2017 and 2021.…

Published: 21 November 2022

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No difference between length of antibiotic course for treatment of pneumonia in children, meta-analysis finds 

Researchers concluded that shorter courses of antibiotics were not inferior to longer courses in the treatment of non-severe community-acquired pneumonia in children.…

Published: 15 November 2022

Opinion

Antibiotic amnesty — positive action to tackle antimicrobial resistance through community pharmacies

The unsafe disposal of antibiotics is hazardous to both the environment and human health — community pharmacy could help address these issues through a nationally coordinated antibiotic amnesty.…

Published: 25 July 2022

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Lack of diagnostic testing for bacterial infections is ‘alarming’, warns AMR review chair 

Lord O'Neill said progress on rapid diagnostics to reduce unnecessary use of antimicrobials was "woeful".…

Published: 24 June 2022

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First two antimicrobial drugs funded by NHS subscription payment scheme to be given to patients

The NHS England payment scheme is aimed to incentivise antimicrobial drug innovation.…

Published: 15 June 2022

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MHRA receives Yellow Card reports of viral rebound in people treated with Paxlovid

Exclusive: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said the number of reports aligned with that seen in Paxlovid clinical trials.…

Published: 25 May 2022

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Prescribing of antibiotics in young children at highest levels in five years

Data show that rates of antibiotic prescribing in children aged 0–4 years are the highest they have been since December 2017.…

Published: 16 May 2022

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Two new antibiotics may soon be available to patients under ‘subscription-style’ incentive scheme

Commercial discussions have started between NHS England and the manufacturers of cefiderocol and ceftazidime around subscription-style payments for use of the medicines.…

Published: 12 April 2022

Feature

Pandemic plus? The antibiotic resistance lurking in our rivers

With evidence suggesting that UK rivers harbour antibiotic-resistant bacteria, we talk to experts about what should be done to tackle this problem…

Published: 24 March 2022

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Antiseptic as effective as antibiotics in preventing recurrent UTIs, study results suggest

There was just a small numerical difference in urinary tract infection incidence between the daily antibiotic and methenamine hippurate groups.…

Published: 10 March 2022