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ESPAUR 2016: antibiotic and antifungal prescribing in England
Author(s) -
Chaplin Steve
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1547
Subject(s) - medicine , antimicrobial stewardship , antibiotic resistance , antimicrobial , government (linguistics) , antifungal , primary care , antibiotics , resistance (ecology) , stewardship (theology) , intensive care medicine , family medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , political science , politics , biology , dermatology , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , law
The English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance (ESPAUR) was set up by Public Health England in 2013 in response to the government's five‐year antimicrobial resistance strategy in order to monitor antimicrobial use, resistance and stewardship across England. The key findings of their 2016 report show that some progress is being made, especially in primary care.