Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Been prescribed antibiotics? Make sure you take the right dose at the right time as directed by your GP, nurse or pharmacist. Set a reminder on your phone so you don’t forget.
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.
Been prescribed antibiotics? Make sure you take the right dose at the right time as directed by your GP, nurse or pharmacist. Set a reminder on your phone so you don’t forget.
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.
