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<p>Reducing the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the need to use antibiotics
through infection prevention and control in human and animal health is one of a number
of cores principles in the UK’s 5 Year National AMR Action Plan and 20 Year Vision.
Our Action Plan recognises antimicrobial resistance as a global public good. This
is reflected in the high priority the UK gives to addressing the problem of AMR. Since
2014, the sales of antibiotics for use in food-producing animals in the UK have dropped
by 40%. And in the Action Plan, the government has committed to working with vets
and farmers to further reduce antibiotic use in animals by 25% between 2016 and 2020,
with objectives to be refreshed by 2021.</p>
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