antibiotic guardian

Antibiotic Guardian Campaign

Public Health England (PHE) established the Antibiotic Guardian campaign to help protect antibiotics and improve knowledge about antibiotic resistance. This campaign supports the UK 5 Year Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy 2013 to 2018, which sets out actions to slow the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance.

The campaign, which takes a One Health approach, calls on everyone in the UK (the public, animal and human healthcare communities) to become Antibiotic Guardians by choosing one simple pledge about how they will make better use of these vital medicines.

Antimicrobial Stewardship Event 19th November 2015

The NECS Medicines Optimisation Team will be hosting a day of exciting and informative discussion and debate on antimicrobial stewardship in primary care, led by national and local experts and key opinion leaders in Newcastle on 19th November 9.30 – 4.00. To book your place email necsu.medicinescdd@nhs.net.

Become an Antibiotic Guardian

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats facing us today. To slow resistance we need to cut the unnecessary use of antibiotics. November 18th is European Antibiotics Awareness Day. As part of that we’re asking everyone in the UK to become Antibiotic Guardians at http://antibioticguardian.com.