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Great day so far training the Cheshire and Merseyside TARGET trainers.

Another great day training TARGET trainers in Greater Manchester. Roll out planned in all ICSs ahead of winter pressures to optimise infection management across North West England.

UTIs are a leading cause of E. coli bloodstream infections in England and contribute to antibiotic resistance. 💊 🔵1/4 of urine samples in 1st half of 2023 had antibiotic-resistant bacteria. 😷 🔵Prevention is key to avoiding UTIs. Find out more: nhs.uk/conditions/uri….

Register for this year's English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance (#ESPAUR) report webinar (report publication date: 15 November). antibioticguardian.com/Meetings/espau… Wednesday 22 November 14:00-16:30 #AntibioticGuardian #KeepAntibioticsWorking

Today's #ESPAUR report describes antimicrobial resistance, usage, and stewardship in England: gov.uk/government/pub… WATCH | Diane Ashiru, PhD, HCAI & AMR Pharmacy Lead, explains more on the report's findings and why we need to tackle #AMR #UKHSA23

We launched our ESPAUR report at #UKHSA23 today. Our data shows antibiotic resistance is rising and the #NorthWest has the greatest levels of antibiotics prescribed across the UK. Read more gloo.to/6lCJ #AntimicrobialResistance

Day 2 World AMR Awareness Week #WAAW #WAAW2023 Spotlight on the shared learning from #AntibioticGuardian Event which shares learning & celebrates the work of colleagues across the UK and worldwide in tackling #antimicrobialresistance. Full video youtu.be/EdjP9sSjMmo?si…

TARGET and Royal College of General Practitioners are hosting a webinar on best practice for diagnosing and prescribing for #UTIs There are limited spaces available so make sure that you are signed up early! Sign up: bitly.ws/ZyVX #WAAW2023 Avril Tucker Leigh Sanyaolu

Day 2 of #WAAW2023: antimicrobials in clinical practice. Total annual antibiotic consumption in the North West increased by 8.3% in 2022. Please contact me for details of TARGETantibiotics training available for primary care prescribers. #AntibioticGuardian #KeepAntibioticsWorking

1/ Theme for Weekday 2 #WAAW #WAAW2023 – ‘Antimicrobials in clinical practice’ theme e.g. *antibiotic course length *promote shorter course length *empiric prescribing *intravenous-oral switch - app.box.com/s/k4ivx1gxfyam… *promote current clinical guidelines #AntibioticGuardian

1/ Weekday 4 #WAAW #WAAW2023: Antimicrobials: untrue allergy labels & de-labelling spurious antibiotic allergy labels Future learn course futurelearn.com/courses/unders… Pharmacist checklist Royal Pharmaceutical Society rpharms.com/recognition/al… Vlogs on #AntibioticGuardian website antibioticguardian.com/waaw-vlog-peni…

1/Weekday 5 #WAAW #WAAW2023: #Antimicrobialresistance - #OneHealth and research **Environmental considerations, e.g disposal of antibiotics & environmental contamination. **One Health approaches to tackling AMR ** AMR research #AntibioticGuardian #KeepAntibioticsWorking

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PUBLISHED: The 2023-24 English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR) report gov.uk/government/pub… Register to find out more about the findings in the report at the webinar we are hosting on 20th November: antibioticguardian.com/Meetings/espau…

Antibiotic resistant infections in 2023 surpassed pre-pandemic levels, with an estimated 66,730 serious antibiotic resistant infections in 2023 alone. 📈 Get more info in our ESPAUR report, published today ahead of World #AMR Awareness Week. 👇 #WAAW gov.uk/government/pub…

Our surveillance data shows there were 2,688 life-threatening, resistant bacterial bloodstream infections in the North West in 2023. Read more here: gloo.to/FuLa Will Morton explains how we can all do our bit to reduce the threat of #AntimicrobialResistance 👇

The Cunard and Royal Liver Buildings are lighting up the Liverpool waterfront in brilliant blue tonight to raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance 💙💊💙 #GoBlueForAMR #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek #KeepAntibioticsWorking

Celebrating the amazing progress across NHS Cheshire and Merseyside on day 2 of #WAAW24 Thank you to Gillian Damant and Rosie Dixon for supporting our TARGETantibiotics training sessions across the North West. More to come in 24/25 - please contact me for details of future courses.