Antimicrobial resistance and stewardship
Useful links
Committed to tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
This is our main resource for the fight against antimicrobial resistance, and promoting the best use of antimicrobial stewardship.
This page also signposts to useful resources and information to promote learning about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) stewardship (AMS) and supports pharmacy practice.
How you can help
We’re bringing pharmacy expertise and knowledge to the fight, and we need your help.
Act, learn and connect in the fight against AMR.
Resources
Useful resources and information on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) to support pharmacy practice.
AMS policy
How pharmacists can tackle inappropriate antibiotic use.
AMS and pharmacogenomics
How the discipline of pharmacogenomics will affect AMS.
Antibiotic amnesty
Set up an antibiotic amnesty campaign in your area.
Penicillin allergy checklist
Could your patient be allergic to penicillin?
External AMS and AMR resources:
General AMS and AMR resources
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide – provides toolkits to help nursing homes optimise their use of antibiotics.
- GOV.UK Infectious diseases – guidance, services and news.
- NHS England World AMR Awareness Week 2025 webinars – the AMR programme team at NHS England are running several webinars.
- NHS Scotland Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection – National policies, guidance, infection prevention and control and antimicrobial resistance.
- Public Health England Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – information and resources on the UK’s plans to see antimicrobial resistance contained and controlled by 2040.
- Public Health Scotland Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) Compendium – find links to current national policy and guidance on HAI, antimicrobial prescribing and resistance, decontamination and other related topics.
- Public Health Wales Antibiotics and infections – the Healthcare Associated Infection, Antimicrobial Resistance & Prescribing Programme (HARP) supports the NHS in Wales to reduce the burden of healthcare associated infections and antibiotic resistance across Wales.
- UK Government and Welcome Trust Tackling Drug-Resistant Infections Globally – final report.
- UKHSA Healthcare associated infections (HCAI): guidance, data and analysis.
Journals
Organisations
These clinical disease specialists, government and international agencies and charities contribute to antimicrobial stewardship and/or the appropriate use of antibiotics. They focus on infection management, research, microbiology.
- Antibiotic Guardian
- Antibiotic Research UK
- British HIV Association
- British Infection Association (BIA)
- British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC)
- British Thoracic Society
- Children’s HIV Association
- Healthcare Infection Society
- Infection Prevention Society
- International Pharmaceutical Federation
- Microbiology Society
- Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union
- Applied Microbiology International
- Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance
- UK Sepsis Trust
- World Health Organization
Networks
Get involved with AMS related professional networks:
Initiatives and campaigns
WHO World Antibiotics Awareness Week (WAAW) and the European Antibiotics Awareness Day (EAAD) occur in November each year.
Details of other AMS initiatives and campaigns can be found below:
- Antibiotic Guardian – pledge to become an ‘Antibiotic Guardian’.
- British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy – Stop Superbugs.
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) – European Antibiotics Awareness Day (EAAD).
- Health Education England – Sepsis awareness.
- Keep Antibiotics Working – British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, in collaboration with UK Medical Schools.
- Public Health England – Antibiotic awareness resources.
- Society of Critical Care Medicine – Surviving Sepsis Campaign.
- UKHSA World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) and European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD).
- World Health Organization World Antibiotics Awareness Week (WAAW).
We recommend contacting your local NHS organisation for resources and assistance in your area:
- England – see integrated care boards (ICBs) on the NHS England website.
- Scotland – see NHS boards on the NHS Scotland Community Pharmacy website.
- Wales – see local health boards on the NHS Wales website.