Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

(asked on 26th April 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the uptake of (a) new and (b) underused vaccines to tackle antimicrobial resistance.


Answered by
Seema Kennedy Portrait
Seema Kennedy
This question was answered on 7th May 2019

‘Contained and controlled: The UK’s 20-year vision for antimicrobial resistance’ recognises the important role of vaccines in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

The United Kingdom supports the delivery and uptake of vaccines internationally through UK Aid programmes, including the Global AMR Innovation Fund, the UK Vaccine Network, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the Global Vaccine Action Plan. Through these programmes UK Aid supports initiatives to ensure that all low and middle-income countries have introduced one or more new or underused vaccines by 2020.

In addition, our expert advisory committees are considering how vaccines can be better employed to support the control of AMR in the UK.

More generally, vaccinations are a key part of the prevention strategy in the NHS Long Term Plan. To help increase immunisation uptake, NHS England will undertake a fundamental review of general practitioner vaccinations and immunisation standards, funding and procurement. This will support the goal of preventing primary and secondary infections.

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