BSAC Spring
Conference & AGM
15-16 May 2025, ICC Birmingham UK
BSAC Spring Conference 2024
Effective Antimicrobial Management: The What, Why & How
16-17 May 2024
Please find below links to the presentation from the 2024 BSAC Spring Conference
Day 1
SESSION ONE - National Action Plan: Making it real, making it work
This video consists of the following presentations:
Central role of diagnostics
Dr Kerrie Davies, Senior Scientific Advisor, Office of the Chief Scientific Officer, NHS England
Containment though education and stewardship
Dr Naomi Fleming, Regional Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead for the East of England, NHS England and Improvement
Measurement through surveillance
William Malcolm, Pharmaceutical Adviser & Clinical Lead for SONAAR programme, ARHAI Scotland
Q&A
SESSION TWO - Antimicrobial challenges
This video consists of the following presentations:
Conflict, natural disaster and the impact on AMR - what exactly can be done?
Dr Aula Abbara, Consultant in Infection/ General Medicine, Imperial College NHS Healthcare
Management of paediatric CNS infections
Dr Stefania Vergnano, Consultant Paediatric Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
Dr Dan Wootton, NIHR Advanced Fellow, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician, University of Liverpool
Managing sore throats
Dr Efi Mantzourani, Reader, Cardiff School of Pharmacy
Q&A
SESSION THREE - AI: The here, the now and the future
This video consists of the following presentations:
The use of machine learning in accurate and rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing
Dr Katja Fromm, Resistell
AI: Improving decision-making in infection management
Dr Tim Rawson, Imperial College London
Q&A
BSAC AGM
AGM
SESSION FIVE: UK Antimicrobial Registry (UKAR)
This video consists of the following presentations:
Vanguard surveillance to inform the treatment of drug resistant infections
Professor Andrew Seaton, Consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
SESSION SIX - Revitalising the antibiotic pipeline
This video consists of the following presentations:
UK delinkage scheme - where to next?
Professor Philip Howard OBE, AMR Regional Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead, NHS England & NHS Improvement - North-East & Yorkshire, UK
National and regional pull incentives
Deepali Patel, Director of International Policy, AMR Action Fund
Q&A
SESSION SEVEN - Garrod Lecture
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SESSION SEVEN - Garrod Lecture
Day 2
SESSION EIGHT - The best antibiotic is no antibiotic: Alternative treatment options
This video consists of the following presentations:
The microbiome
Dr Chrysi Sergaki, Principal Scientist - Microbiome Group Leader, MHRA
Bacteriophages - an opportunity too good to miss?
Dr Ben Temperton, Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Exeter
Q&A
SESSION NINE - Pharmacy first: evolution or devolution?
This video consists of the following presentations:
Setting the Scene. Experience from Scotland
Professor Andrew Seaton, Consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Dr Kieran Hand, AMR National Clinical Lead for Pharmacy & Prescribing, NHS England
Pharmacy First service in England
Panel discussion Chaired by:
Dr Annie Joseph, Consultant Microbiologist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Q&A
SESSION ELEVEN - Invited papers: a session supported by JAC and JAC-AMR
This video consists of the following presentations:
Antimicrobial resistance and death certification: are we there yet?
Dr Ioannis Baltas, ST3 Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow, University College London
Beyond Borders: A Global Risk Analysis of Extensively Drug-Resistant Typhoid Outbreaks in Pakistan
Dr Saeed Ahmad, Doctoral Researcher (Epidemiology & Public Health), Tampere University, Finland
Scale and Spread of a Quality Improvement Initiative Promoting Metronidazole Intravenous to Oral Switch (IVOST) in the Acute Hospital Setting: Antimicrobial Stewardship, Patient Safety, Workforce and Environmental Sustainability Benefits
Dr Rachael Rodger, Antimicrobial Pharmacist, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
UKHSA Start Smart Then Focus Antimicrobial Stewardship: Effective Implementation During the COVID-19 Pandemic at an NHS Foundation Trust in the UK
Dr Rasha Abdelsalam Elshenawy, Department of Clinical, Pharmaceutical & Biological Sciences, University of Hertfordshire
Q&A
SESSION TWELVE - All children with C. diff infection should be treated with antimicrobials
This video consists of the following presentations:
For
Dr Beatriz Larru Martinez, Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Against
Dr Katja Doerholt, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant, St. George's University Hospital London
Discussion
SESSION FOURTEEN - The One Health Agenda: an essential approach or artificial political concept in relation to AMR?
This video consists of the following presentations:
Scene setting
Dr Catrin Moore, Reader in Global Health & Infectious Diseases, St. George’s, University of London
For
Professor Will Gaze, University of Exeter Medical School
Against
Professor Alan McNally, Institute of Microbiology & Infection Professor in Microbial Evolutionary Genomics, University of Birmingham
Discussion
Poster abstracts
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