Reform -
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major challenge to the UK’s health security, and is responsible for a significant burden of death, disability and prolonged illness globally. A Reform report published in 2020 highlighted the threat of AMR and made a number of key proposals for reform. This briefing paper draws on a roundtable to assess progress made against these proposals. It takes learnings from the Covid-19 pandemic to provide practical actions that Government could implement to drive change, with a particular focus on the role of rapid, accurate diagnostics in supporting surveillance and managing infections; creating AMR awareness campaigns that citizens can trust and relate to; and creating structures to enable effective, cross-government working.