World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2025
Parliamentary excerpt
That this House recognises and marks World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2025; notes that the theme this year is Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future and urges bold, united action; further notes that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) contributes to an estimated 35,200 deaths annually in the UK, with drug-resistant infections in humans rising by 13 per cent despite a target to reduce them by 10 per cent; acknowledges that, in England, 1 in 5 hospital beds are occupied by pati...