UTIs are the most common bacterial infection treated by the NHS, mostly using antibiotics prescribed in primary care. In some cases, antibiotic resistant UTIs are as high as 50%, resulting in longer, more severe infections, requiring multiple antibiotic courses.
During the five-year IPAP (Improving Primary Care Antibiotic Prescribing)-UTI programme, led by Bristol's Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), the researchers, working with partners in the NHS and UK Health Security Agency, will develop a behaviour change intervention to encourage clinicians to prioritise different first-choice antibiotics and assess the impact on AMR.
Dr Ashley Hammond, Research Fellow in Infectious Disease Epidemiology at CAPC is Programme Lead, and Alastair Hay, a GP and Professor of Primary Care at CAPC, is Senior Programme Co-Lead.