Recommendation 1

On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the UK.2 Prior to the session with the accountable government bodies we also took evidence from the Lord O’Neill of Gatley, who led the Government-commissioned review of AMR from 2014 to 2016, and from Dr David Partridge, President at the British Infection Association and consultant microbiologist and infection control doctor at Sheffield Teaching Hospital.