Antimicrobial resistance

UKHSA launches toolkit for tackling AMR inequalities

The toolkit compiles existing resources to assist healthcare providers address antimicrobial resistance-related health inequalities in populations such as care leavers, migrants, minority communities and people experiencing homelessness.…

Pharmacist prescribers can support other professions in antimicrobial stewardship, review suggests

Authors of the scoping review recommended that prescribing capability for pharmacist prescribers and prescribing nurses could be strengthened via professional development, structured mentorship and interprofessional learning.…

Study develops first framework to estimate country-level antibiotic need

The Independent Panel for Evidence for Action on AMR will evaluate targets, policies and regulations to help countries improve their antibiotic use and access.…

Health news round-up: elecoglipron, antibiotic resistant E. coli and low blood pressure risk in frailty

The Pharmaceutical Journal’s weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…

First health security risk assessment highlights risk of respiratory pandemic and AMR

The UK Health Security Agency said that the risk of respiratory infections with pandemic potential was ranked the highest owing to “high impact and likelihood, and repeated historical precedence”.…

Lifeline: an antimicrobial resistance musical

This episode of The PJ Pod highlights Lifeline, a musical that dramatises the history of antibiotics and the realities of drug-resistant infections in NHS trusts.…

University of Nottingham awarded £1m to tackle pharmaceutical pollution in waterways

The PhRESHWater project will take place in Scotland, where antibiotics, anti-inflammatories and antidepressants have been previously detected in waterways.…

Health news round-up: paternal health, clozapine guideline and news from the European Congress on Obesity

Our weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…

Newborns given precautionary antibiotics can go home for treatment, says NICE

Guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has advised that babies born after 35 weeks who are on IV antibiotics can be offered liquid oral antibiotics to be completed at home, if they meet certain conditions.…

Pharmacists as antimicrobial stewards: ‘the bug stops here’

Antimicrobial resistance is a modern day crisis that we must all take responsibility for, with a balanced, careful approach to the use of antibiotic medicines.…