Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

(asked on 29th June 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission research into the expanded use of diagnostic techniques to tackle antimicrobial resistance.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 9th July 2018

The Government’s Five Year Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Strategy 2013-18 recognised the importance of making better use of existing and new rapid diagnostics to optimise the use of antimicrobials.

NHS England leads a programme of work to ensure that we have patient focused diagnostics that support clinical decision making and delivery of the Government’s ambitions on AMR. A new United Kingdom AMR diagnostic collaborative, led by NHS England, aims to provide clarity about which tests should be undertaken and in which setting.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is developing a series of short syndrome-specific clinical guidelines to support clinicians to diagnose and treat common infections utilising the latest data and evidence.

In the last five years the UK has seen unprecedented research collaboration and investment aimed at tackling AMR nationally and internationally; diagnostics continue to be a priority theme for research.

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