AMR Regional Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead, NHS England & NHS Improvement - North-East & Yorkshire, UK and immediate Past President, BSAC

Philip Howard is AMR Regional Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead, NHS England & NHS Improvement – North-East & Yorkshire, UK and is the immediate Past President of the British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.

He is a member of the UK Dept of Health advisory group on AMR & HCAI and the NICE common infections guidelines group.

His research interests include Antimicrobial Stewardship and antibiotic shortages. He has been involved in AMS education and training across the world. He’s a Fellow of Royal Pharmaceutical Society, and has won the GHP/GSK/UKCPA Clinical Leadership Award, the UKCPA Lifetime Achievement Award and an OBE for his services to healthcare.