The role of pharmacies in driving eff ective prescribing in acute and primary care

Mr Philip Howard, Consultant Pharmacist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Challenges on the front-line

Professor Michael Moore, RCGP National Clinical Champion Antibiotic Stewardship

Informing prescribing decisions – the role of diagnostics

Dr Andrew Dodgson, Consultant Microbiologist, Infection Control Doctor & Clinical Lead for Microbiology, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Preserving systemic antimicrobials as prescription only drugs

Dr Nicholas Brown, President, British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and Medical Microbiologist, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge

Panel Debate

English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance (ESPAUR)

Dr Berit Muller Pebody, Senior Scientist HCAI & AMR, Public Health England

Ensuring infections are correctly diagnosed before prescribing antibiotics

Dr Gavin Barlow, Consultant Physician, Infection & Tropical Medicine Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals

The importance of resistance surveillance – the industry perspective

Dr Mike Allen, Medical Scientifi c Liaison, BSAC Council Member

Supporting the AMR agenda through measurement of antimicrobial consumption: The UK Point Prevalence Survey System

Ms Debbie Lancaster, Pharma Mix Group

Closing Discussion