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.…
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.…
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Scottish government publishes prescribing guidance aiming to save millions of pounds The Scottish government's draft guidance sets out a list of 17 products that are of “low clinical value” and 11 products that are of “limited clinical value”.…
Rapid UTI test wins £8m Longitude Prize on Antimicrobial Resistance The winning test uses a urine sample on a smartphone-sized cartridge to identify the presence of a bacterial infection in 15 minutes and the antibiotic required within 45 minutes.…
Our experience as pharmacists in ‘SPACE’ Three pharmacists describe their experience working on the multicentre SPACE study, which aims to tackle false penicillin allergy labels.…
