Anti-infective agents

Everything you need to know about the NHS antibiotic subscription model

Following what has been deemed a successful pilot, NHS England is hoping that its new subscription model will boost drug development by paying manufacturers a fixed fee for antimicrobials.…

Test your knowledge of sexual and reproductive health

This CPD and learning quiz can help you assess your knowledge of a range of sexually transmitted infections and related health issues.…

Almost 40 million deaths could occur from AMR over next 25 years, study results suggest

The researchers based their estimations on analysis of global AMR data from 1990 to 2021.…

Mpox: how is the UK preparing for the latest variant?

With the first cases of a new mpox strain emerging in Europe and Asia in August 2024, the World Health Organization has declared the outbreak as a “public health emergency of international concern” for the second time in two years. So what is the ‘clade I’ mpox virus and what risk does it po…

Advantages and disadvantages of shorter antimicrobial courses

An overview of the available evidence for shorter antimicrobial courses, including how this can be supported in practice and the potential positive impact on antimicrobial resistance.…

Pharmaceuticals detected in 52 out of 54 river sites in English national parks

Researchers detected 31 APIs in rivers in 8 out of England's 10 national parks in 2022, with the most common being cetirizine, metformin and fexofenadine.…

Expanded ‘subscription model’ for new antibiotics to be funded with £100m per year

Individual annual contract values will range from £5m to £20m, based on a value banding system.…

More than 10,000 whooping cough cases reported in first six months of 2024

Case numbers of whooping cough in 2024 so far have already exceeded the total number of cases reported in 2012, the last major outbreak of the disease.…

Sepsis: diagnosis and management

How to manage suspected sepsis to minimise risk to patients while supporting efforts to improve antimicrobial stewardship.…

Scottish government publishes prescribing guidance aiming to save millions of pounds

The Scottish government's draft guidance sets out a list of 17 products that are of “low clinical value” and 11 products that are of “limited clinical value”.…