Celebrating the amazing progress across @NHSCandM on day 2 of #WAAW24 Thank you to @GillianDamant and @rosiejdixon for supporting our @TARGETabx training sessions across the North West. More to come in 24/25 - please contact me for details of future courses.

The Cunard and Royal Liver Buildings are lighting up the Liverpool waterfront in brilliant blue tonight to raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance 💙💊💙 #GoBlueForAMR #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek #KeepAntibioticsWorking

Our surveillance data shows there were 2,688 life-threatening, resistant bacterial bloodstream infections in the North West in 2023. Read more here: https://t.co/UBZDP4FiDY @BillMorts explains how we can all do our bit to reduce the threat of #AntimicrobialResistance 👇

PUBLISHED: The 2023-24 English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR) report https://t.co/cyE1WCdprs Register to find out more about the findings in the report at the webinar we are hosting on 20th November: https://t.co/PCrqcNYAfX

Antibiotic resistant infections in 2023 surpassed pre-pandemic levels, with an estimated 66,730 serious antibiotic resistant infections in 2023 alone. 📈 Get more info in our ESPAUR report, published today ahead of World #AMR Awareness Week. 👇 #WAAW https://t.co/q5Blzisq5L

Calling all educators! Enhance your teaching toolkit with the e-Bug Health Educator Training course. Dive into engaging modules on microbes, hygiene, and antimicrobial resistance to grow your confidence when discussing these topics with your students!  #HealthEducation

1/Weekday 5 #WAAW #WAAW2023: #Antimicrobialresistance - #OneHealth and research **Environmental considerations, e.g disposal of antibiotics & environmental contamination. **One Health approaches to tackling AMR ** AMR research #AntibioticGuardian #KeepAntibioticsWorking

1/ Weekday 4 #WAAW #WAAW2023: Antimicrobials: untrue allergy labels & de-labelling spurious antibiotic allergy labels Future learn course https://t.co/qqWswCzFrZ Pharmacist checklist @rpharms https://t.co/O36fFalsOn Vlogs on #AntibioticGuardian website https://t.co/iZKCtX6690

1/ Theme for Weekday 2 #WAAW #WAAW2023 – ‘Antimicrobials in clinical practice’ theme e.g. *antibiotic course length *promote shorter course length *empiric prescribing *intravenous-oral switch - https://t.co/SgEokxGvPv *promote current clinical guidelines #AntibioticGuardian

Day 2 of #WAAW2023: antimicrobials in clinical practice. Total annual antibiotic consumption in the North West increased by 8.3% in 2022. Please contact me for details of @TARGETabx training available for primary care prescribers. #AntibioticGuardian #KeepAntibioticsWorking

TARGET and @RCGP are hosting a webinar on best practice for diagnosing and prescribing for #UTIs There are limited spaces available so make sure that you are signed up early! Sign up: https://t.co/i1geZHWHBl #WAAW2023 @avrilbiotic @LeighSanyaolu

Day 2 World AMR Awareness Week #WAAW #WAAW2023 Spotlight on the shared learning from #AntibioticGuardian Event which shares learning & celebrates the work of colleagues across the UK and worldwide in tackling #antimicrobialresistance. Full video https://t.co/HSbXgTwIBl

We launched our ESPAUR report at #UKHSA23 today. Our data shows antibiotic resistance is rising and the #NorthWest has the greatest levels of antibiotics prescribed across the UK. Read more https://t.co/BLloNEppeJ #AntimicrobialResistance

Today's #ESPAUR report describes antimicrobial resistance, usage, and stewardship in England: https://t.co/q5Blzisq5L WATCH | @DrDianeAshiru, HCAI & AMR Pharmacy Lead, explains more on the report's findings and why we need to tackle #AMR #UKHSA23

Register for this year's English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance (#ESPAUR) report webinar (report publication date: 15 November). https://t.co/V7UOfmrsDj Wednesday 22 November 14:00-16:30 #AntibioticGuardian #KeepAntibioticsWorking

UTIs are a leading cause of E. coli bloodstream infections in England and contribute to antibiotic resistance. 💊 🔵1/4 of urine samples in 1st half of 2023 had antibiotic-resistant bacteria. 😷 🔵Prevention is key to avoiding UTIs. Find out more: https://t.co/KnmYyR6oYn.

I'm recruiting: Public Health consultant to lead specialty training and establish UKHSA as UK leader in health protection training. https://t.co/zipzIpzgyJ @ADPHUK @PHJobsUK @PHjob

Another great day training TARGET trainers in Greater Manchester. Roll out planned in all ICSs ahead of winter pressures to optimise infection management across North West England.

Great day so far training the Cheshire and Merseyside TARGET trainers.

We are hiring! An exciting opportunity to lead a new team, developing standards, enabling quality all-hazards guidance plus supporting national incident response across @UKHSA. If you are interested in working with SMEs, translating evidence into guidance, and QA and QI, see 👇