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Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

Asked by Dr Danny ChambersLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 17 November 2025UIN 87594

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will host the Global Ministerial Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance in 2028.

Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed

The United Kingdom is looking forward to participating actively in the fifth Ministerial High-Level Conference on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which will be held in Nigeria in 2026. The Government is considering how best to celebrate the 2028 centenary of the UK's discovery of penicillin. We will internally consider whether this will include bidding to host the sixth Ministerial High-Level Conference on AMR, which will take place in 2028.

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