A question on #Antibiotics #Prescriptions tabled by Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle on 02-04-2025 has been answered by Baroness Merron.

Heading: Antibiotics: Prescriptions
Question ID: 1791920
UIN: HL6471
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-04-02
Asking Member ID: 4719
Asking Member display name: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Asking Member handle: natalieben
Asking Member Twitter reference: @natalieben
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Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what action they have taken towards achieving no antibiotic prescription without diagnostic confirmation by 2027, as recommended by the World Innovation Summit for Health, and what future plans they have towards that aim.
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Date answered: 2025-04-09
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Answering Member ID: 347
Answering Member display name: Baroness Merron
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Baroness Merron
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Answer text: Reducing unnecessary antimicrobial prescriptions by supporting clinicians to prescribe the right antimicrobials only to those who need them is a core undertaking of the Government’s 2024 to 2029 antimicrobial resistance (AMR) national action plan (NAP). T...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
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