AMR Taskforce

The former Health Secretary Sajid Javid has announced extra investment from the UK to develop innovative treatments for drug-resistant infections. £4.5 million in investment has been made by the Government’s Global AMR Innovation Fund (GAMRIF) to support the Global Antibiotic Research and Development partnership (GARDP) to develop new treatments. Now, the UK has announced an extra £19 million in GARDP’s…

Members may be interested in noting the myriad of changes made to the Government’s action plan for tackling AMR between 2019-2024. The Government have stated that these changes are essential to ensure the commitments are: more specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound (SMART) reflect lessons learned from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic reflect progress that has already been made against ambitions…

Please find below a selection of documents to help support the upcoming Inward AMR Mission to the UK 2022 event between 16-20 May 2022. Inward AMR Innovation Mission to the UK 2022 - Communications Toolkit Inward AMR Innovation Mission to the UK 2022 - Leaflet Inward AMR Innovation Mission to the UK 2022 - LinkedIn Tile Inward AMR Innovation Mission…

Please find below details on the inaugural Infection 360 Conference which takes place from 27 - 28 September at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham. There will be renowned speakers within infection prevention discussing technology and its part in combatting new and existing pathogens.  The programme is designed to appeal to all those working within infection prevention and control and public health…

The AMR Diagnostics Programme Board met this week and there will be a report published in near future entitled 'Improving the blood culture pathway: A national review of the processes around the blood culture pathway to support the national ambitions for antimicrobial resistance reduction and improving the management of patients with infection.' We will circulate this once it is available.…