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<p>Public Health England (PHE) has published no estimates for the number of drug-resistant
infections in the West Midlands or nationally over the next five years. The science
of drug resistant infections is incompletely understood and is rapidly changing and
evolving. Multi-drug resistant infections are unpredictable in their occurrence and
can rapidly change. For these reasons producing estimates of the likely burden in
future years is unlikely to be meaningful or robust.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Antimicrobial
resistance is a priority for PHE who are working to improve surveillance and knowledge
in this area. Specific antimicrobial resistant infections have been measured by PHE
and openly published in weekly Health Protection Reports.</p><p> </p>
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