Antibiotics can be life-saving, but they do not work for every infection. Using them when they are not needed can contribute to antibiotic resistance, making infections harder to treat in the future.

If you are prescribed antibiotics, take them exactly as advised and never save them for later or share them with somebody else. Any leftover antibiotics should be returned to your local pharmacy.

Together, we can help keep antibiotics effective for when they are really needed.

It’s World AMR (antimicrobial resistance) Awareness Week from 18 to 24 November.