@BillMorts

Consultant in Health Protection. #Epidemiology, #AMR, #TB, #PublicHealth, #CommunicableDiseases & #Inequalities. All views are my own.

Joined July 2013
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Celebrating the amazing progress across @NHSCandM on day 2 of #WAAW24 Thank you to @GillianDamant and @rosiejdixon for supporting our @TARGETabx training sessions across the North West. More to come in 24/25 - please contact me for details of future courses.
UKHSA North West@UKHSA_NorthWest19 Nov 2024
Together with @NHSNW we delivered @TARGETabx train the trainer sessions to 120 clinicians across #NW in 2023/24 to promote responsible use of antimicrobials. These trainers have now delivered antimicrobial stewardship education to over 640 prescribers. #WAAW #AntibioticGuardians
UKHSA and NHS has delivered TARGET training sessions to North West clinicians to encourage the responsible use of antimicrobials

ALT UKHSA and NHS has delivered TARGET training sessions to North West clinicians to encourage the responsible use of antimicrobials

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The Cunard and Royal Liver Buildings are lighting up the Liverpool waterfront in brilliant blue tonight to raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance 💙💊💙 #GoBlueForAMR #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek #KeepAntibioticsWorking
The Cunard Building and Royal Liver Building lit up in blue tonight to support World Antimicrobial Awareness Week

ALT The Cunard Building and Royal Liver Building lit up in blue tonight to support World Antimicrobial Awareness Week

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Our surveillance data shows there were 2,688 life-threatening, resistant bacterial bloodstream infections in the North West in 2023. Read more here: gloo.to/FuLa @BillMorts explains how we can all do our bit to reduce the threat of #AntimicrobialResistance 👇
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PUBLISHED: The 2023-24 English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR) report gov.uk/government/publicatio… Register to find out more about the findings in the report at the webinar we are hosting on 20th November: antibioticguardian.com/Meeti…
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Antibiotic resistant infections in 2023 surpassed pre-pandemic levels, with an estimated 66,730 serious antibiotic resistant infections in 2023 alone. 📈 Get more info in our ESPAUR report, published today ahead of World #AMR Awareness Week. 👇 #WAAW gov.uk/government/publicatio…
Graph showing an increase in antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections from 2019 to 2023, with figures listed for each year. Data for years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 are 18,082, 15,524, 15,558, 16,540, and 18,723 respectively.

ALT Graph showing an increase in antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections from 2019 to 2023, with figures listed for each year. Data for years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 are 18,082, 15,524, 15,558, 16,540, and 18,723 respectively.

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Will Morton retweeted
e-Bug@eBug_UK10 Sep 2024
Calling all educators! Enhance your teaching toolkit with the e-Bug Health Educator Training course. Dive into engaging modules on microbes, hygiene, and antimicrobial resistance to grow your confidence when discussing these topics with your students!  #HealthEducation
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1/Weekday 5 #WAAW #WAAW2023: #Antimicrobialresistance - #OneHealth and research **Environmental considerations, e.g disposal of antibiotics & environmental contamination. **One Health approaches to tackling AMR ** AMR research #AntibioticGuardian #KeepAntibioticsWorking
Diane Ashiru, PhD
@DrDianeAshiru23 Nov 2023
1/ Weekday 4 #WAAW #WAAW2023: Antimicrobials: untrue allergy labels & de-labelling spurious antibiotic allergy labels Future learn course futurelearn.com/courses/unde… Pharmacist checklist @rpharms rpharms.com/recognition/all-… Vlogs on #AntibioticGuardian website antibioticguardian.com/waaw-…
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1/ Weekday 4 #WAAW #WAAW2023: Antimicrobials: untrue allergy labels & de-labelling spurious antibiotic allergy labels Future learn course futurelearn.com/courses/unde… Pharmacist checklist @rpharms rpharms.com/recognition/all-… Vlogs on #AntibioticGuardian website antibioticguardian.com/waaw-…
Diane Ashiru, PhD
@DrDianeAshiru22 Nov 2023
1/ Weekday 3 #WAAW #WAAW2023 - ‘Optimising diagnostics’ (increasing understanding of established & innovative methods of detection of infection, antibiotic-resistant or otherwise) Start Smarter Focus Faster - online.flippingbook.com/view… Optimising BC pathway #AntibioticGuardian
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1/ Theme for Weekday 2 #WAAW #WAAW2023 – ‘Antimicrobials in clinical practice’ theme e.g. *antibiotic course length *promote shorter course length *empiric prescribing *intravenous-oral switch - app.box.com/s/k4ivx1gxfyamko… *promote current clinical guidelines #AntibioticGuardian
Diane Ashiru, PhD
@DrDianeAshiru20 Nov 2023
1/#WAAW #WAAW2023: theme for Weekday 1 – ‘Prevention’ theme (including IPC measures & vaccination). #ESPAUR: Patients infected with a strain resistant to one or more antibiotics in 2022 had a higher crude 30-day all-cause case fatality rate gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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Day 2 of #WAAW2023: antimicrobials in clinical practice. Total annual antibiotic consumption in the North West increased by 8.3% in 2022. Please contact me for details of @TARGETabx training available for primary care prescribers. #AntibioticGuardian #KeepAntibioticsWorking
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TARGET and @RCGP are hosting a webinar on best practice for diagnosing and prescribing for #UTIs There are limited spaces available so make sure that you are signed up early! Sign up: bitly.ws/ZyVX #WAAW2023 @avrilbiotic @LeighSanyaolu
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Day 2 World AMR Awareness Week #WAAW #WAAW2023 Spotlight on the shared learning from #AntibioticGuardian Event which shares learning & celebrates the work of colleagues across the UK and worldwide in tackling #antimicrobialresistance. Full video youtu.be/EdjP9sSjMmo?si=aFMA…
Diane Ashiru, PhD
@DrDianeAshiru18 Nov 2023
1/ Today is European Antibiotic Awareness Day #EAAD & start of World AMR Awareness Week (18-24 Nov) #WAAW @School_Pharmacy students led a multilingual video project & are seeking feedback - pls contribute & cascade (to students esp) Videos & feedback via forms.gle/ueJWSukYsBHVz7B57
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We launched our ESPAUR report at #UKHSA23 today. Our data shows antibiotic resistance is rising and the #NorthWest has the greatest levels of antibiotics prescribed across the UK. Read more gloo.to/6lCJ #AntimicrobialResistance
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Today's #ESPAUR report describes antimicrobial resistance, usage, and stewardship in England: gov.uk/government/publicatio… WATCH | @DrDianeAshiru, HCAI & AMR Pharmacy Lead, explains more on the report's findings and why we need to tackle #AMR #UKHSA23
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Register for this year's English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance (#ESPAUR) report webinar (report publication date: 15 November). antibioticguardian.com/Meeti… Wednesday 22 November 14:00-16:30 #AntibioticGuardian #KeepAntibioticsWorking
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UTIs are a leading cause of E. coli bloodstream infections in England and contribute to antibiotic resistance. 💊 🔵1/4 of urine samples in 1st half of 2023 had antibiotic-resistant bacteria. 😷 🔵Prevention is key to avoiding UTIs. Find out more: nhs.uk/conditions/urinary-tr….
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I'm recruiting: Public Health consultant to lead specialty training and establish UKHSA as UK leader in health protection training. healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lond… @ADPHUK @PHJobsUK @PHjob
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Another great day training TARGET trainers in Greater Manchester. Roll out planned in all ICSs ahead of winter pressures to optimise infection management across North West England.
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Great day so far training the Cheshire and Merseyside TARGET trainers.
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We are hiring! An exciting opportunity to lead a new team, developing standards, enabling quality all-hazards guidance plus supporting national incident response across @UKHSA. If you are interested in working with SMEs, translating evidence into guidance, and QA and QI, see 👇
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