Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
(asked on 26th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to amend the Health and Care Bill to enable the entrenchment of antimicrobial stewardship in the NHS.
This question was answered on 3rd February 2022
There are currently no plans to do so. Antimicrobial stewardship practices, including NHS England’s national programme to combat antibiotic over-usage launched in March 2016, are well entrenched in the National Health Service. This is supported by guidance from the Department, the UK Health Security Agency and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.