PUBLISHED: English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (#ESPAUR) 2024/2025 report www.gov.uk/government/p... Join us for an online event for the key findings on 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿,  2:00–4:30 pm. Register via events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c1b5ee...

Great to present at Clinical Pharmacy Congress today and hopefully enable and motivate others to take part in research @rpharms.com @uniofbradford.bsky.social @wy-icb-research.bsky.social

Such fun session. Getting started in research. @cpcongress.bsky.social @dianeashiru.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social Thank you for inviting me

#RPSatCPCongress #CPCongress

‘Infection’ deaths are double the rate of Alzheimers and Breast Cancer deaths in the UK yet is still not at the top of the agenda for HCPs and the UK gov #cpcongress #cpc25

🙌 Packed room for the inaugural ESGUTI meeting at @escmid.bsky.social #ESCMID2025 #ESCMIDglobal #ESCMIDglobal2025 cc: @angelahuttner.bsky.social @erinmccreary.bsky.social @dianeashiru.bsky.social #IDsky “Standing room only bc that’s how cool UTI is” ❤️

😁😁😁 Great to make new connections and see familiar faces @escmid.bsky.social #ESCMIDglobal #ESCMID2025 #ESCMIDglobal2025 @dianeashiru.bsky.social @erinmccreary.bsky.social

#diphtheria session finishes with a reappraisal of vaccination by Gayatri Amirthalingam from UKSHA #ESCMIDGlobal

Starting Sunday at #ESCMID2025 #ESCMIDglobal debating 'Proxy indicators: bridging the gap between #AMR surveillance and #antimicrobialstewardship #AMS Finding a way to tie quantity metrics to appropriateness of prescription A start to #AMS Sunday according to @dianeashiru.bsky.social

🤩 Excited to hear @dianeashiru.bsky.social talk about trying to measure quality of antibiotic use. @escmid.bsky.social #ESCMIDglobal #ESCMID2025

@dianeashiru.bsky.social presenting at #ESCMID2025 on which indicators can be used to track use and appropriateness of antimicrobials As always in surveillance there's a balance to strike between usefulness of results and burden of data collection. Proxy indicators helpful

Our antibiotics are under threat. 💊 Antimicrobial resistance is already causing them to be less effective at fighting some infections. We’re on a mission to save these precious medicines and Andi Biotic is leading the way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTsO... #AMR #AntimicrobialResistance 🧪

'Say AHHH to AMR! Public perceptions of toothache, antibiotics and resistance' (Poster P3861 at #ESCMiD Global) If you're in Vienna, come see my undergrad dental student's poster on Tuesday at 12pm! @dianeashiru.bsky.social @bsacandjac.bsky.social @evakrockow.bsky.social

#KeepAntibioticsWorking #AntibioticGuardian

Fighting the Antimicrobial Resistance Global Emergency: The Lifesaving Role of Dentistry @dianeashiru.bsky.social @thebda.bsky.social @bsacandjac.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Better late than never...our evaluation website is now live! www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen... @dianeashiru.bsky.social @ayodejimatuluko.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @efimantz.bsky.social

This British Science Week, find out how our Antimicrobial Expert Advisory Group applies science in their daily work to tackle infections and fight antimicrobial resistance. Read the blog: bit.ly/4bRM8Qv #BSW25 @dianeashiru.bsky.social

For #InternationalWomensDay & #IWDPharmacy 2025, I asked a few research active Pharmacists “Who inspired your research journey” Sharing about women across other professions and/or male allies all ✅ Here are some of the responses. More via LinkedIn post #WearePharmacy #PharmacyResearch #NIHRSCPRA

Parekh et al. report the outcomes of the use of the TARGET Antibiotic Checklist which was incentivised in the PQS for 2021-22 and 2023-24 for patients presenting with antibiotic prescription in community pharmacy: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... @dianeashiru.bsky.social #JACAMRNews #IDSky

ICYMI: this adapted UK AWaRe list reached through consensus will support national #AntimicrobialStewardship and usage targets of the UK 2024–29 NAP https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlae218 @dianeashiru.bsky.social @raseaton66.bsky.social @aliciad3.medsky.social #JACAMRNews

In this month’s blog from the RPS chief scientist’s office, Diane Ashiru-Oredope provides a summary of the most cited papers from 2023 and 2024 across the Pharmaceutical Press journals #ukpharmacy #pharmacyresearch https://buff.ly/3QcAsPN

Local public health organizations have an important role to play in mitigating #AMR They should be leveraged for knowledge translation/mobilization, optimizing surveillance & establishing strategic collaborations https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlae187 @brxad.bsky.social @dianeashiru.bsky.social

Two part blog post to demystify research funding #PharmacyResearch Blog 1: www.rpharms.com/blog/details... Blog 2: www.rpharms.com/blog/details... Thank you once again: * Nketia Obed-Arthur @olahowell.bsky.social @mrsquaye.bsky.social @pinkiechambers.bsky.social cc @pharmaj.bsky.social

Nominations for the FPH Awards & Prizes 2025 programme are open until 7 February! Our awards and prizes celebrate the contributions and achievements of our members and the impact they have on improving the public's health. Visit our website to learn more. www.fph.org.uk/membership/a...

Invitation: Register for @escmid.bsky.social #ESGAP-#ESGIE Webinar on Use and Misuse of Antibiotics in End-of-Life Wednesday January 22, 2025 - 3 p.m.-5 p.m. (CET Central European Time, GMT+1) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Reminder to submit details of projects on tackling #AntimicrobialResistance for the #AntibioticGuardian shared learning event and awards antibioticguardian.com/antibiotic-g... Below are examples of what previous winners shared about impact of being shortlisted and/or winning.

12 Days of Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship Holiday Cards Day 7— 🎊 HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WARM WISHES OF HAND HYGIENE IN 2025🎊 May you find success in your IP and ASP quality improvement projects and research on the new year 🧼💊 #IDSky #MedSky

Job Vacancy: Senior Antimicrobial Stewardship/Clinical Pharmacist at @UKHSA (0.6WTE) Excited to share the job advert for a new post in my team at UKHSA. Accepting applications until 12.01.2025 www.healthjobsuk.com/job/v6864032 #PharmaceuticalPublicHealth

In this month’s blog from the RPS chief scientist’s office, Diane Ashiru-Oredope provides a snapshot of the winning abstracts at the RPS Annual Conference #RPS #rpharms #pharmacyresearch

Thank you very much @aliciad3.bsky.social for taking the time to write out such an insightful thread from your presentation. Love the archive CDC info on outbreak management steps. Surprisingly difficult to find such info open access.

It's beginning to look a lot like #antimicrobialmas... The first in our 2024 NCAS Christmas poster series - stay tuned for the remaining posters to be released over the coming weeks. #AMSsky

Good Morning! Today marks the beginning of the BSAC Winter Conference #Infection2024: Policy into Practice. The first session starts soon - for programme and details of joining us online see here: bsac.org.uk/infection2024/

#antibioticguardian awards close on 10th January - see QR code. #infection2024 @dianeashiru.bsky.social @bsacandjac.bsky.social

The JAC and JAC-AMR supported session is starting now at the @bsacandjac.bsky.social Winter Conference #Infection2024 –with Dr Emily Brown, @dianeashiru.bsky.social, Dr Karla Berry and @hcdavidson.bsky.social Check out the programme and details of joining online at https://buff.ly/49iuRQF

Hey #Pharmsky! You can get a pharmsky.app handle very easily following the instructions in the link

Morning ward round. Scary isn’t it?! #AMR #antimicrobialresistance #Antibiotics @dianeashiru.bsky.social

Congratulations @profkevinfenton.bsky.social and @lindahindle.bsky.social on your @rsph.bsky.social honorary fellowship #RSPHAwards

Thrilled to be at the RSPH Health and Wellbeing Awards 2024 this afternoon. Wonderful to be able to recognise the diverse range of colleagues and partners being recognised for their work and contributes to #publichealth Many congrats to all the nominees! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 #rsphawards

UKHSA and NHSE are running a free webinar on C. difficile, Wednesday 11 December 2024 from 13.30-15.00pm. Sign up here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/31f8c2... #IDSky

The IIF financial incentive introduced in 2022/23 for 6 months did not reduce MDI prescribing in primary care in England. Only improvement was within the SABA MDIs group -> increased prescribing of inhalers with less (but still) gas. Essentially Ventolin ->Salamol Presented at the #BTSWinter2024

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats facing the world. Kirsty Allen from our Microbiology and Infection Theme has pledged to be an #AntibioticGuardian to #KeepAntibioticsWorking for #WAAW2024. @ndmoxford.bsky.social

In our latest update on #WAAW24, our Chief Pharmacist Rachel Knight shares her commitment to #KeepAntibioticsWorking and to supporting our brilliant pharmacy team. #AntibioticGuardian #AntimicrobialResistance #Pharmacy #PharmacyTechnicians

WAAW! What an amazing podcast episode! World AMR Awareness Week special: The Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG). Who are they? What do they do? Tune in to find out: www.buzzsprout.com/1782416/epis... #antibioticguardian #KeepAntibioticsWorking #WAAW #IDsky

What does #AntimicrobialResistance (AMR) mean to you and me? 💊 AMR happens when dangerous bacteria become resistant to life-saving medicines, making treatment difficult or even impossible 💊 AMR means the medicines we rely on may stop working bit.ly/4fy6yAo