New Knocking Out AMR report on One Health AMR Surveillance Roundtable
20 November 2025
As part of the Knocking Out AMR project, the Microbiology Society has published a new report summarising the discussions from a One Health AMR Surveillance Roundtable, held in December 2024.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an existential threat to public health, healthcare systems, food security and economies around the world.
As part of the Knocking Out AMR project, the Microbiology Society has published a new report summarising the discussions from a One Health AMR Surveillance Roundtable, held in December 2024.
Surveillance involves the collection, testing, reporting and analysis of data to track the spread of AMR between and across human, animal, environmental and food systems. Established, national and international surveillance systems are essential to detect resistance early and support timely, evidence-based interventions. There is an urgent need to strengthen AMR surveillance in the UK and make better use of the data collected to inform policy.
To address this, the Microbiology Society and the Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food and Environment (PATH-SAFE) programme convened a One Health AMR Surveillance Roundtable, bringing together 16 government agencies across human, animal, plant, environmental and food sectors across the UK central government and devolved nations. The workshop identified key questions for a UK focused national One Health AMR surveillance system and explored opportunities and challenges for implementation.
The timing of the meeting coincided with the final period of the PATH-SAFE programme. PATH-SAFE was a 4-year, cross-government programme aimed at developing a UK-wide surveillance network of foodborne pathogens and AMR across the agri-food system.
The report calls for:
- Sustained government investment into surveillance in the UK, and the the development of a national AMR data catalogue
- The need to develop a shared AMR vocabulary
- Greater cross sector collaboration, backed by political commitment, to develop coordinated one health surveillance systems
The Microbiology Society urges the Government to consider the opportunity to establish more initiatives like PATH-SAFE to facilitate cross-sector collaboration to deliver robust and integrated AMR surveillance across human, animal, environmental and food systems to ensure AMR policy and interventions are data-driven and effective.
Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.002099
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