Recommendation 9

There are shortcomings in data collection and sharing, hindering efforts to tackle AMR. The UK government operates a ‘One Health’ approach to AMR, encompassing human health, animal health, food safety and the environment, and intended to facilitate collaboration between these sectors. However, there are significant gaps in the collection of data on animal health relating to AMR, where routine data collection is focused on only pigs and poultry. Data sharing is also limited within the health and care sector, including between primary care and hospitals, or between hospitals and social care. This can make it harder for clinicians to make decisions on infection management and prescribing antimicrobials. DHSC also needs better data on AMR as a health inequalities issue, on which the 2024–29 NAP has a greater focus than before, to understand how groups are disproportionately affected, for example babies, the elderly, people with lower socio-economic status, and specific ethnic groups. recommendation DHSC and Defra should prioritise better data collection, sharing and analysis across human, animal and environmental health spheres. 7 1 The threat of antimicrobial resistance in the UK Introduction