AMR at a National level - The 2025 ESPAUR Report

About this episode

The episode discusses the 2025 ESPAUR report and its implications for antimicrobial resistance and clinical outcomes in England.

In this episode, Martin talks to Dr Diane Ashiru-Oredope and colleagues at the UKHSA (UK Health Security Agency) about the 2025 ESPAUR report, focusing on what the latest data mean for clinicians, infection prevention teams, and health system leaders. We explore what the latest data reveal about antimicrobial resistance and prescribing trends in England, including changes in resistance patterns among major bacterial pathogens and what this means for patient safety and clinical outcomes. We discuss what’s improving, where challenges remain, and how infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship teams can use national surveillance data to drive meaningful local action. You can download the report in it's entirety here:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6936ac34b612700b2cb73607/ESPAUR-report-2024-to-2025.pdf There is also a supplement and summary in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy which can be accessed here:https://academic.oup.com/jacamr/issue/8/Supplement_2 The TARGET antibiotics toolkit hub is abailable here:https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/view.php?id=553 e-Bug is available here: https://www.e-bug.eu/

People in this episode

Host: Brett Mitchell

Guest: Dr Diane Ashiru-Oredope

Topics covered

• antimicrobial resistance
• infection prevention
• health system leadership
• prescribing trends
• patient safety

Keywords

• antimicrobial resistance
• ESPAUR report
• infection prevention
• prescribing trends
• patient safety
• clinical outcomes
• UKHSA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UK Health Security Agency, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, TARGET antibiotics toolkit hub, e-Bug

Books & works: 2025 ESPAUR report

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