Is there any further info on who are the vulnerable groups for the 12 week isolation. Guidance says anyone who would get flu vaccine, so do we isolate all asthmatics? All diabetics?

Published: The 6th @PHE_uk #ESPAUR report; antimicrobial prescribing, #antimicrobialresistance, #antimicrobialstewardship implementation & awareness activities national data. Significant yearly collaboration since 2013 Susan Hopkins #WAAW #WAAW2020 #EAAD gov.uk/government/pub…

#WAAW #worldAntibioticAwarenessWeek 🦠🚫💊 🔬🧫➡️💊

Bacterial co-infection is reassuring low in patients presenting with COVID19 (thankfully!). Check out the recent Royal Pharmaceutical Society UKCPA Infection Committee webinar from 5th Nov for more info

Today is #WAAW2020 and #EAAD2020 A big thank you to our Antimicrobial Expert Advisory Group Royal Pharmaceutical Society #RPSAmEAG, for all the hard work, expert guidance and enthusiasm - What a year! rpharms.com/about-us/who-w… #KeepAntibioticsWorking #AntibioticGuardian #WAAW #EAAD #AMR

I am delighted to announce that SHIONOGI Global Innovation and Pfizer Inc. have been selected to move forward for the UK's world-first ‘subscription-style’ payment model for antimicrobials. Today is an important step for securing new treatments for patients. 💊 england.nhs.uk/blog/how-the-n…

How vital pharmacy teams ARE not can be.... The lack of hospital pharmacy representation in the officers Royal Pharmaceutical Society is really frustrating

I’m reading that a life is saved for every 20 covid vaccines given . If we have given just over 6300 just in our hospital..... what a difference that will make 🤞. We have to push on - we can do this.

I am proud of the UK's history of working with our international partners to combat Antimicrobial Resistance. 193 countries signed the historic global declaration in 2016- recognising that AMR is a global priority that needs global action and collaboration. 🌍🇺🇳💊

We’re pleased to announce a donation of £100 million from INEOS to establish the new INEOS Oxford Institute, helping us to combat one of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges - antimicrobial resistance >> ox.ac.uk/news/2021-01-1…

Reducing unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions in #COVID19 remains a challenge. Our paper tackling this finally out in BSAC! Routinely measured inflammatory markers can help exclude bacterial co-infection & promote #antimicrobialstewardship (1/5) academic.oup.com/jac/advance-ar…

Great to see the 3rd AMS regional lead post being advertised, this time in the North West. Building a team of expert pharmacists in NHSE&I to champion the AMR/AMS agenda in the regions and nationally. Expecting to see some strong candidates. Keith Ridge jobs.england.nhs.uk/job/v2954447

“Direct oral challenge safe & effective for de-labelling patients at low risk for true allergy. Important for optimizing patient care and tackling #AMR” doi.org/10.1093/jacamr… #JACAMRNews #AMR #AMS SAPG Lesley Cooper Jenny andrew seaton jacqui sneddon

There is no evidence that the #COVID19 vaccine has an impact on fertility. Watch Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam, a consultant from the national immunisation team at @PHE_uk, explain in more detail 👇 Get more information from RoyalCollegeObsGyn: rcog.org.uk/en/news/RCOG-a…

“Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the silent pandemic that is growing in the shadows.” Prof. Dame Sally Davies explains the growing risks of AMR and the need for innovation and global action to contain it, ahead of the G7 Health Ministers' meeting next week. See▶️inews.co.uk/news/health/da…

At Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟's request, TB is pulled out into its own brand new table, including adding seminal short course, historical TB studies. So now there are 3 Shorter Is Better Tables. The original. TB Is Complex. And Exceptions. If you know of other TB RCTs, let me know!

This week the UK will host the G7 Health Ministers' meeting in Oxford. #G7 international health ministers will discuss collaboration on global health issues including four key priorities. Swipe to find out more 👉

#antibioticawarenessweek starts today. Best poster in #NewZealand? World? How far away can we get it retweeted? #AntibioticResistance

Editorial: Removal of Tamiflu from the essential medicines list is better late than never, but still comes too late bmj.com/content/358/bm…