20/11/2025
🌍 Antimicrobial Awareness Week | 18–24 November
This week, Nuffield Health Haywards Heath Hospital is joining the global call to use antibiotics and other antimicrobials responsibly. When these medicines are overused, they become less effective, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of serious illness.
🧼 How you can help
• Take antibiotics only when they’ve been prescribed for you.
• Don’t share them or keep any for later.
• Keep up good hand hygiene to help stop infections spreading.
🏥 How healthcare professionals help
• Prescribing antibiotics only when they’re truly needed.
• Choosing the right treatment, dose and duration.
• Reviewing treatment and stepping down from IV to oral where appropriate.
• Supporting patient understanding.
• Following strong infection prevention practices.
Together, we can protect the power of these life-saving medicines. 💚