Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

Services

Staphylococcus and streptococcus reference service: single isolate

Form (H4) for staphylococcus and streptococcus single isolate.
Staphylococcus and streptococcus reference service: multiple isolates

Form (H3) for staphylococcus and streptococcus multiple isolates.
Chlamydia: enhanced surveillance forms

Chlamydia trachomatis antibiotic resistance enhanced surveillance for male and female patients.

Infection prevention and control in adult social care settings
- Guidance
- 1 March 2024
- Department of Health and Social Care
Helicobacter pylori in dyspepsia: test and treat
- Guidance
- 22 May 2025
- UK Health Security Agency
AMRHAI reference unit: reference and diagnostic services
- Detailed guide
- 31 July 2024
- UK Health Security Agency
Antimicrobial intravenous-to-oral switch: criteria for prompt switch
- Guidance
- 25 October 2024
- UK Health Security Agency
Antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship competencies
- Guidance
- 6 August 2025
- Department of Health and Social Care and UK Health Security Agency

NHS begins roll-out of world-first gonorrhoea vaccine programme
- 4 August 2025
- Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England
- Press release
UTIs cost NHS hospitals over £600m last year
- 15 July 2025
- UK Health Security Agency
- News story
UKHSA launches campaign to tackle misconceptions on antibiotics
- 7 April 2025
- UK Health Security Agency
- News story
Antibiotic 'Access' list updated for the UK
- 29 January 2025
- UK Health Security Agency
- News story
Antibiotic resistant infections continue to rise
- 14 November 2024
- UK Health Security Agency
- News story

UK 5-year action plan for AMR: 1-year progress report
- 24 September 2025
- Department of Health and Social Care, The Scottish Government, Welsh Government, Department of Health (Northern Ireland), Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland)
- Policy paper
UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2024 to 2029
- 8 May 2024
- Department of Health and Social Care, The Scottish Government, Welsh Government, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department of Health (Northern Ireland), and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland)
- Policy paper
The antimicrobial potential of bacteriophages report: government response
- 1 March 2024
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Policy paper
Antimicrobial resistance national action plan - call for evidence
- 16 August 2023
- Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Call for evidence outcome
Addendum to the UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2019 to 2024
- 16 May 2022
- Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper

APRHAI: summary of activities and recommendations
- 13 May 2021
- Department of Health and Social Care and Closed organisation: Public Health England
- Corporate report
APRHAI annual report, 2017 to 2018
- 14 May 2019
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Corporate report