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30th Report - Antimicrobial resistance: addressing the risks
Public Accounts Committee
HC 646
Published 13 June 2025
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Thirtieth report from Session 2024-26 · published 18 Sep 2025
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Conclusion
Acknowledged
Most domestic targets in 2019-24 AMR National Action Plan remained unachieved
Conclusion
As part of its 2019–24 National Action Plan for AMR, the third UK plan of its kind, the government set five domestic targets. These related to levels of drug-resistant and Gram-negative bloodstream infections (named after a bacteria-testing method and are …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the observation and details its processes for closely monitoring and annually reviewing NAP human health targets, using data and expert advice to guide future action and potential revisions.
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Conclusion
Acknowledged
Increasing threat from highly resistant Gram-negative infections with limited treatment options
Conclusion
Dr Partridge told us that there is also an increasing threat in the UK from strains of pathogens which cause Gram-negative infections that are more likely to be resistant and more likely to result in the death of the patient. …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the observation, stating it monitors progress against targets biannually and reviews them annually, with UKHSA modelling trends and seeking expert advice on revisions, but acknowledges that preventing an increase in these infections is ambitious.
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Conclusion
Acknowledged
Government's 2019-24 AMR action plan targets largely unmet with slow progress.
Conclusion
The government achieved only one of the five quantitative domestic targets it set as part of the 2019–24 NAP–reducing the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals.41 The 2019–24 NAP also set 128 commitments for DHSC and Defra which related to …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the observation of past progress, and states it will monitor progress against new NAP targets biannually, conduct annual reviews, and use surveillance trends and modelling to inform future target ambition, while acknowledging the challenge of preventing increases in some infections.
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