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<p>NHS England established the United Kingdom Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Diagnostics
Collaborative in 2018 to deliver the UK’s diagnostic ambitions for AMR. The Collaborative
has played a valuable role in developing the diagnostic elements of the new five-year
UK AMR national action plan, published in January this year.</p><p> </p><p>The work
of the Collaborative contributes directly to the Government’s commitments on AMR,
and the Collaborative’s secretariat communicates with the Department on a regular
basis and it has been represented by its secretariat and former chair in the UK AMR
Programme’s governance groups.</p><p> </p><p>The Collaborative’s chair remains vacant
while NHS England develops detailed plans to support the implementation of the new
national plan on AMR. As part of this work, the membership of the Collaborative is
under review.</p><p> </p><p>Current membership is drawn from a range of stakeholders
across Government and its agencies, the devolved administrations, the health system,
veterinary medicine, professional bodies, academia, the research community and industry.
Members at or above ‘very senior manager’ (VSM) level and partner agencies involved
in the Collaborative are listed in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Members
of the UK Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostics Collaborative at or above VSM level</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mohamed
Sadak</p></td><td><p>Health Education England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marion Lyons</p></td><td><p>Welsh
Government</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gerry Waldron</p></td><td><p>Public Health Agency
Northern Ireland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neil Woodford</p></td><td><p>Public Health
England</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Partner Agencies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS
Scotland</p></td><td><p>NHS England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Sheffield Clinical
Commissioning Group</p></td><td><p>Department of Health and Social Care</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS
Improvement</p></td><td><p>University of Bristol</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Institute
of Biomedical Science</p></td><td><p>Association of Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory
Medicine</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Standards for Microbiology Investigations</p></td><td><p>Royal
College of Pathology</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal College of General Practice</p></td><td><p>National
Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Medical Technology Guidance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sherwood
Forrest NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Royal College of Nursing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University
of Surrey</p></td><td><p>Addenbrookes Hospital NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University
of Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British
In Vitro Diagnostic Association</p></td><td><p>NIHR Community Healthcare MedTech and
In Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>NICE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal
Cornwall Hospital</p></td><td><p>Kingston University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p></td><td><p>Responsible Use of Medicines
in Agriculture Alliance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Ulster
University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Exeter</p></td><td><p>Westpoint Farm
Vets</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Nottingham</p></td><td><p>Centre for Ecology
and Hydrology</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff University</p></td><td><p>Guy’s and
St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow Caledonian
University</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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