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<p>The Government takes a ‘One-Health’ approach to antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
as set out in the ‘<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fuk-5-year-action-plan-for-antimicrobial-resistance-2019-to-2024&data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C52fa9914154a4463f68408dbf0cf2146%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638368545158632709%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=LmraYbpnLBJubTKipjkP9wncqI7OV0iauvrL8kK%2BAak%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2019 to 2024’</a>,
which is underpinned by the UK’s 20-year Vision to Contain and Control AMR by 2040
. Defra is a co-signatory with the Department of Health and Social Care on the 5-year
National Acton Plan and 20-year vision on AMR, and Defra leads on delivering the animal,
plant and environment elements.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is committed to reducing unnecessary
use of antibiotics in animals to reduce the risk of development and spread of AMR
in animals and humans. In the UK, we have a well-established antimicrobial use and
resistance surveillance programme, which includes monitoring of sales and use of antibiotics
in animals as well as routine monitoring of AMR in major food-producing species, healthy
pigs and poultry. These surveillance programmes allow us to monitor progress and results
are published every year in the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fveterinary-antimicrobial-resistance-and-sales-surveillance-2022&data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C52fa9914154a4463f68408dbf0cf2146%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638368545158641017%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=jzeONxTfOSuykUw1RiSOH8QKJ8AKRTqZntckzyHN5jM%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">UK Veterinary Antibiotic Resistance Sales and Surveillance</a> (UK-VARSS)
report.</p><p> </p><p>The recently published <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fveterinary-antimicrobial-resistance-and-sales-surveillance-2022&data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C52fa9914154a4463f68408dbf0cf2146%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638368545158647239%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=HHT5pIbb5llXzNIWN7RiWDiZo03%2BClBb83RywQGb9EM%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">UK-VARSS report</a> shows that sales of antibiotics in food producing
animals are at their lowest ever level, with a 59% reduction since 2014. This highlights
the success of the UK’s voluntary and collaborative approach between Government and
the farming and veterinary sectors to make sustainable reductions in antibiotic use
whilst ensuring high animal health and welfare. The report also highlights that sales
of highest priority, critically important antibiotics (HP-CIAs) have reduced by 82%
since 2014 and account for less than half a percent of total sales. This is to ensure
that these medically important antibiotics are protected for use in humans.</p><p>
</p><p>The newly published third edition of <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F656488f11524e60011a100f8%2F_2681096-v1-Third_UK_One_Health_Report.PDF&data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C52fa9914154a4463f68408dbf0cf2146%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638368545158652330%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=GiSvsiKPmSJ2b0pXFrJ8VKqLxKilsEBT0eyOlxiuYgs%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">The UK’s One Health report,</a> a joint report from Veterinary Medicines
Directorate (VMD) and UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA), brings together antibiotic
use and resistance data for people and animals and sales of antibiotics in 2019 show
that approximately two thirds of antibiotics are used in people whilst one third are
used in animals. This report demonstrates the UK Government’s One Health approach
to tackling AMR to keep antibiotics working in both people and animals.</p>
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