Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 14 March 2022 to Question 133232 on Antibiotics: Drug Resistance and to the policy paper entitled UK five-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance: 2019 to 2024, published on 24 January 2019, what recent progress her Department has made on halving healthcare-associated Gram-negative blood stream infections.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
As described in the answer of 14 March 2022 to Question 133232, progress towards the target of halving healthcare-associated Gram-negative bloodstream infections (GNBSI) has proved very challenging, in part due to the diverse nature of the underlying causes of these infections. Data on the incidence of these infections in England is published quarterly by the UK Health Security Agency, and is available at the following link:
Incidence of the three main healthcare-associated GNBSI organisms, E. coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, and pseudomonas aeruginosa, has fluctuated between 2019 and 2024, including a sharp decline in the incidence of E. coli seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, overall, the total incidence of healthcare associated GNBSI remains significantly above the target.
We are currently developing the 2024 to 2029 antimicrobial resistance national action plan. We anticipate that in the delivery of this plan, we will continue to focus on GNBSI, building on lessons learnt over the past five years.
Apr. 22 2024
Source Page: Quality Prescribing Strategy for Respiratory A Guide for Improvement 2024-2027Found: Antibiotics should only be used for infective exacerbations in COPD (five-day course) and up to 14 days
Mentions:
1: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) The legislation will make it very clear that antibiotics are not to be used routinely or to compensate - Speech Link
2: Lord Trees (XB - Life peer) That is all an extremely positive development.It is worth repeating, though, that antibiotics have been - Speech Link
3: None However, the prescribing of antibiotics, which must be by a veterinary surgeon, is always recorded for - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Andrew Bridgen (Ind - North West Leicestershire) Doctors have been treating that response for decades with steroids, antibiotics for secondary pneumonia - Speech Link
2: Kieran Mullan (Con - Crewe and Nantwich) Antibiotics cause anaphylactic reactions that kill people. - Speech Link
3: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) The key question is: do the people who are being prescribed the antibiotics know that there is a risk - Speech Link
Correspondence Apr. 17 2024
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)Found: These includ ed painkillers and antibiotics that are critical for treating infections caused by battlefield
Mentions:
1: Will Quince (Con - Colchester) As a result of drug resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines become ineffective and - Speech Link
2: Will Quince (Con - Colchester) We need an enormous awareness campaign and education piece around antibiotics, because their use may - Speech Link
3: Maria Caulfield (Con - Lewes) Friend eloquently described, the pipeline for new antibiotics is running dry. - Speech Link
Asked by: Fleur Anderson (Labour - Putney)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether officials in her Department have had recent discussions with the Care Quality Commission on antibiotic underdosing.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
Officials from the Department have not had any recent discussions with the Care Quality Commission on antibiotic underdosing. General guidance on prescribing and the use of medicines is published online by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, and is available at the following link:
Asked by: Fleur Anderson (Labour - Putney)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has had discussions with stakeholders on antibiotic line flushing.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
Officials from the Department have not had any recent discussions with stakeholders on antibiotic line flushing. Good clinical practice is to flush an intravenous line with saline after a medicine has been administered, to ensure the full dose is delivered to the patient. This is not unique to antibiotics.
Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Non-technical summaries granted in 2024Found: Appropriate effective treatment e.g. antibiotics will be administered under the advice of the Named
Apr. 09 2024
Source Page: MHRA FOI performance dataFound: whether there is any evidence of allergy to ezetimibe in patients with known allergy to beta lactam antibiotics