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The NHS must commit to national targets to use fewer antibiotics in a bid to halt the rise in antimicrobial resistance, according to a coalition of five health professional bodies in the UK.
The leadership organisations for pharmacists, GPs, hospital doctors and nurses are jointly calling for the NHS to set annual goals to reduce antibiotic use to 2010 levels.
The NHS now uses at least 6% more antibiotics than in 2010. Overuse of antibiotics has been linked to a rise in microbial resistance to commonly used medicines.
http://www.pharmaceutical-journal.c...ntibiotic-use-to-2010-levels/20067077.article
The leadership organisations for pharmacists, GPs, hospital doctors and nurses are jointly calling for the NHS to set annual goals to reduce antibiotic use to 2010 levels.
The NHS now uses at least 6% more antibiotics than in 2010. Overuse of antibiotics has been linked to a rise in microbial resistance to commonly used medicines.
http://www.pharmaceutical-journal.c...ntibiotic-use-to-2010-levels/20067077.article