World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) 18-24 November 2024
Antibiotic Guardian
We’ve pledged to be an Antibiotic Guardian organisation and to share information about the correct use of antibiotics with our patients.
The Keep Antibiotics Working campaign which is linked to WAAW raises awareness of antibiotic resistance among the general public and encourages greater trust in doctors’ advice when it comes to whether or not to take antibiotics.
To test your knowledge about antibiotics please visit http://bit.ly/antibioticquiz
Increased and inappropriate use of antimicrobial drugs such as antibiotics has led to increasing resistance to them. We are rapidly heading towards a future where antibiotics no longer work and simple infections could have devastating consequences.
We are committed to working together with patients to ensure that antibiotics are only prescribed when clinically appropriate. By reducing antibiotic use we can keep antibiotics working and help keep everyone healthier.
Antibiotics do NOT work against viruses so they are ineffective again colds and viral chest, throat and ear infections.
Your clinician will only prescribe antibiotics if clinically indicated.
For more information, visit Keep Antibiotics Working.
Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats facing us today and the overuse or misuse of antibiotics is making the problem worse. To slow resistance we need to cut the use of unnecessary antibiotics.