World AMR Awareness Week 2026 (18 - 24 November)

World AMR Awareness Week 2026 (18-24 November) is an opportunity to shine a spotlight on antimicrobial resistance and the actions we can all take to preserve antimicrobials for future generations. To help you get involved, we've brought together a collection of national events, resources and ready-to-use materials to support awareness-raising and stewardship activities throughout the week.

National Webinars during World AMR Awareness Week:

• Wednesday 18^th November - Workshop: Building Confidence in AMS: practical foundations for nursing practice

Join us as we explore how practical antimicrobial stewardship foundations can build nurses' confidence and provide the knowledge needed to make antimicrobial stewardship part of everyday practice. Through this interactive 3.5 hour workshop, we will cover antibiotic fundamentals, essential microbiology, and practical ways nurses, pharmacy technicians, healthcare assistants working primary, community and secondary care, can apply AMS principles to improve patient care and help preserve antibiotics for future generations.  

• Webinar: Thursday 19^th November – Webinar: Debating the Value of Point-of-Care Tests (POCT) for Targeting Antibiotic Prescribing in Primary Care

As part of World AMR Awareness Week 2026, join this webinar exploring the role of point-of-care tests (POCTs) in supporting antibiotic prescribing decisios in primary care. Expert speakers will discuss the latest evidence, opportunities and challenges, and the potential impact of POCTs on antimicrobial stewardship.  Whether you are a GP, nurse, pharmacist, pharmacy technician, member of the wider primary care workforce, policymaker or NHS leader, this session offers an opportunity to reflect on a topic that continues to generate considerable interest and debate.

• Webinar: Friday 20^th November – Webinar: Could community pharmacy help manage common infections? Early findings from the Phased-In trial 

This webinar will share preliminary findings from the Phased-In trial, a feasibility study testing whether community pharmacies can safely and effectively take on a greater role in managing common infections, while supporting appropriate antibiotic use. Ten of the 20 participating GP practices referred patients with minor infections, such as sore throat, cough, ear, urinary and skin infections, to a linked community pharmacy. The other 10 practices continued to see these patients as usual. The practices serve diverse socioeconomic, geographical and ethnic communities, so the trial explores the approach in a wide range of settings.

The webinar is for community pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, GPs and advanced nurse practitioners. Over 1 hour, Professor Mark Lown and Blazej Jasnowski at the Primary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton will share their insights from the trial.

• Digital AMS webinar: Tuesday 24^th November: From Vision to Reality: Implementing the Digital Vision for Antimicrobial Stewardship with ENACTED. Overview and highlights from the ENACTED projects. Join this webinar to hear from the project leads who received funding to develop user guides and resources for key clinical digital systems in both primary and secondary care.

WAAW Digital Assets

• These ‘digital assets’ are available in the form of downloadable posters, screen savers and email footers which are available on FutureNHS. They capture key messages and actions to consider when treating patients and are group for use in Primary Care, Secondary Care and Community Pharmacy.

WAAW Resource Pack

Packed with ready-to-use slides, promotional materials, key messages, digital assets, webinar information and helpful links, this resource pack has everything you need to support World AMR Awareness Week 2026 activities in your organisation. Whether you're planning a team briefing, raising awareness locally or promoting good antimicrobial stewardship, these resources make it easy to get involved. Available to download on FutureNHS (sign-in required)

WAAW 2026 on FutureNHS

Bringing all the information together, visit the World AMR Awareness Week 2026 FutureNHS/AMR collaboration platform to access campaign resources, register for webinars, download promotional materials and discover practical ways to support the global call to preserve antimicrobials for future generations.

You are welcome to share this link with colleagues on our behalf. In the meantime, if you have any queries regarding or any of these events, please contact england.amrprescribingworkstream@nhs.net