Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Feeling sick? Think twice before searching for leftover antibiotics and never save them for later, old antibiotics don’t work. Only take them exactly as your GP, nurse or pharmacist tells you.
Keep antibiotics working, find out more ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/04/07/what-is-antimicrobial-resistance-amr-and-how-can-you-combat-it
Antibiotics are losing their power. It's called antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and it's serious. People are ending up in hospital — and some are even dying — from infections that antibiotics can't beat anymore.
If antibiotics stop working, even minor infections could become deadly. This happens when bacteria evolve to survive the medicines meant to kill them.
Feeling sick? Think twice before searching for leftover antibiotics and never save them for later, old antibiotics don’t work. Only take them exactly as your GP, nurse or pharmacist tells you.
Keep antibiotics working, find out more ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/04/07/what-is-antimicrobial-resistance-amr-and-how-can-you-combat-it
Antibiotics are losing their power. It's called antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and it's serious. People are ending up in hospital — and some are even dying — from infections that antibiotics can't beat anymore.
If antibiotics stop working, even minor infections could become deadly. This happens when bacteria evolve to survive the medicines meant to kill them.
