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30th Report - Antimicrobial resistance: addressing the risks

Public Accounts Committee HC 646 Published 13 June 2025

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Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

46 items (18 recs)

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Government Response

AI assessment · 46 of 46 classified

Accepted 41

Accepted in Part 1

Acknowledged 3

Not Addressed 1

Government response

Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Thirtieth report from Session 2024-26 · published 18 Sep 2025

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

13 Recommendation 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 … Read more

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.

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