RUSI/STFC Workshop. Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance: Identifying Future Research Themes. 6 February 2013

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1 RUSI/STFC Workshop Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance: Identifying Future Research Themes 6 February 2013 Programme 0830 Registration and Coffee 0900 Welcome and introduction Dr Bryan Edwards, Science and Technology Facilities Council Jennifer Cole, Senior Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute 0930 Keynote Session Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer UK Five-Year Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy and Action Plan Dr Charles R Penn, Co-ordinator, Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases, World Health Organization Antimicrobial resistance: a developing threat to global public health Professor Alan Johnson, Health Protection Agency National and international spread of antibiotic resistance: clones and genes 1030 Session One: Reducing the Use of Antibiotics in Hospital Settings The 2011 TATFAR report concluded that nearly 50 per cent of all antimicrobial use in hospitals is inappropriate or unnecessary. Changing the way such medicines are prescribed will require healthcare professionals to have confidence that withholding them in situations where they have traditionally been administered does not put patients at risk, however, as well as encouraging medical procedures that put patients at less risk of infection. Royal United Services Institute 1

2 Dr Hayley Wickens, Consultant Pharmacist Anti-Infectives, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Mark Turner, Chairman, NICE Clinical Guideline 149 Antibiotics for early-onset neonatal infection Dr Andreas Schätzlein, UCL School of Pharmacy, Nanomedicines and molecular targeted medicines 1130 Refreshment break and poster session 1145 Session Two: Detecting and Containing Infection Spread Understanding and recognizing the emergence of resistance microbial strains is vital to preventing their spread and proliferation. This includes monitoring the introduction of diseases and resistant strains of diseases to the UK from overseas, and the emergence of resistant strains within the UK's borders. Early recognition of disease outbreak 'hotspots' can improve accurate diagnosis and appropriate use of the right antimicrobial drugs; in particular, innovative use of social media can help to both map and spread information on where outbreaks are occurring, disseminate public health messages and improve and encourage social distancing. Professor Mike Sharland, Chair Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare, and Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, St George's Hospital Group Captain Andy Green, Consultant Microbiologist, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine Introduction of MDR organisms in to the UK: the Sentinel Soldier Dr Chris Watkins, Royal Holloway, University of London Uses of social networking, smart phones, and other communications technologies in enabling community response to epidemics 1245 Lunch and poster session viewing 1400 Afternoon Discussion Forums - Topic Groups Session One Royal United Services Institute 2

3 DISCUSSION GROUP 1: Changing behaviour (adult care) Professor Jodi A. Lindsay, Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis at St George s, University of London DISCUSSION GROUP 2: Data collection and sharing Ashley Truluck CB CBE, Strategic Advisor, IBM DISCUSSION GROUP 3: Improving diagnostic techniques (neonatal care) Professor Soo Downe, University of Central Lancashire DISCUSSION GROUP 4: Media and political barriers Dr Jo Wallace, ARHAI and RRP, Health Protection Agency DISCUSSION GROUP 5: Use of social media and online services Ian Cameron, National Warning and Informing Group Steering Committee DISCUSSION GROUP 6: Knowledge transfer from other disciplines Steve Johnson, Cranfield University 1500 Refreshment break and poster session 1515 Afternoon Discussion Forums - Topic Groups Session Two DISCUSSION GROUP 1: Changing behaviour (neonatal care) Professor Soo Downe, University of Central Lancashire DISCUSSION GROUP 2: Data collection and sharing Ashley Truluck CB CBE, Strategic Advisor, IBM DISCUSSION GROUP 3: Improving diagnostic techniques Professor Jodi A. Lindsay, Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis at St George s, University of London DISCUSSION GROUP 4: Media and political barriers Dr Jo Wallace, ARHAI and RRP, Health Protection Agency DISCUSSION GROUP 5: Use of social media and online services Ian Cameron, National Warning and Informing Group Steering Committee DISCUSSION GROUP 6: Knowledge transfer from other disciplines Steve Johnson, Cranfield University 1615 Report Back from Discussion Groups Royal United Services Institute 3

4 1700 Conclusions Dr Bryan Edwards, Science and Technology Facilities Council 1730 Conference Close Royal United Services Institute 4

5 Throughout the afternoon, delegates will be able to attend two of the six topic groups. 1. Improving rapid diagnostic techniques 2. Changing behaviour: supporting professionals to use antibiotics differently 3. Data collection and sharing 4. Potential media/political barriers to implementing existing or proposed strategy 5. Use of social media in tackling AMR 6. Innovative knowledge transfer: migrating research from disciplines other than health The aim of the topic groups is to brainstorm potential future research calls, including indentifying areas where more research funding is needed, discussing the ethical, political and financial barriers to undertaking research in certain areas, and to suggest topics to funding bodies that need to be included in future research calls. The groups should aim to suggest and encourage innovative knowledge transfer across disciplines and to consider how information gathered by one sector may be useful to another. Royal United Services Institute 5