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30th Report - Antimicrobial resistance: addressing the risks
Public Accounts Committee
HC 646
Published 13 June 2025
Recommendations
13
Accepted in Part
New 2024-29 AMR Action Plan targets are less ambitious and potentially insufficient
Recommendation
The 2024–29 National Action Plan (NAP) includes new targets which are less stretching than the targets in the 2019–24 NAP. While the government previously set targets for reductions of 50% in Gram-negative bloodstream infections and 10% in drug-resistant infections, the …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees to monitor progress against NAP human health targets biannually and review them annually, with potential for revision if deemed appropriate, but states that preventing an increase in drug-resistant and gram-negative bloodstream infections from the 2019 baseline is already ambitious due to demographic changes.
HM Treasury
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