Signal Second UK five-year AMR National Action Plan launched in 2024

Summary

The report presents the UK's second five-year National Action Plan, launched in 2024, as part of its response to AMR. The plan aims to tackle resistance across people, animals and the environment. Its main priorities are to cut the need for antimicrobials and unintended exposure to them, to use them better, and to invest in innovation, supply and access. The report explains that the plan sits under the UK's 20-year vision, a cross-government One Health approach that recognises how human, animal and environmental health are linked. It adds that reducing overuse and regulating clinical and industrial discharges would lower antimicrobial levels in wastewater and reduce pollution.