AMR and health inequalities data
Link between antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and health inequalities, with limited routine data collection on this issue.
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#45 - Strong indications link AMR to health inequalities, but routine data on this issue remains limited.
There are strong indications that AMR is also a health inequalities issue. The most deprived quintile of the population being nearly 50% more likely to get a drug-resistant bloodstream infection than the least deprived quintile (38.1 people per 100,000 as opposed to 26.7 people per 100,000). Babies, the elderly, patients with compromised immune systems and certain ethnic groups...
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#9 - Prioritise better data collection, sharing, and analysis across One Health sectors
There are shortcomings in data collection and sharing, hindering efforts to tackle AMR. The UK government operates a ‘One Health’ approach to AMR, encompassing human health, animal health, food safety and the environment, and intended to facilitate collaboration between these sectors. However, there are significant gaps in the collection of data on animal health relating to AMR, where...
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#1 - Scotland's deindustrialisation created lasting legacies of worklessness and health inequalities in unsupported communities.
Scotland’s experience of deindustrialisation over the past four decades demonstrates the profound and lasting consequences of industrial transition when communities are not properly supported. The loss of major industries has left a legacy of worklessness and health inequalities. Despite Scotland’s proud industrial heritage, the erosion of key industrial skills has meant that employers may look overseas to fill...
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#15 - Past animal health AMR targets were unchallenging; new plan lacks targets amid rising usage
We asked VMD whether the targets set for animal health in the 2019–24 NAP were challenging enough given that they were successfully achieved. VMD acknowledged that while reaching the targets was a big success, it also considered that this was a result of some “quick wins”.38 The 2024–29 NAP does not include any targets relating to animal health....
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#46 - VMD's animal health surveillance relies too heavily on private testing and limited species data.
For the clinical surveillance of animal health, VMD is very reliant on private testing of animals. Some infections of some species are reportable by law but VMD’s access to other data can be difficult.116 VMD told us that its routine surveillance of animals covered only pigs and poultry, which was a risk-based decision that had been taken across...
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#43 - Significant data collection gaps persist across UK sectors despite the 'One Health' approach.
The UK government’s ‘One Health’ approach encompasses human health, animal health, food safety, and the environment and is intended to facilitate collaboration between these sectors.108 DHSC commended the very close relationship in the UK between human health experts and vets, something which was not generally the case internationally.109 There are, however, significant gaps in the collection of data...
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#44 - Disconnected health data systems and lack of central repository hinder effective antimicrobial stewardship.
Lord O’Neill told us there is an underlying data problem in the health sphere, with many data systems not connecting properly.111 Better data in health would make it easier for clinicians making decisions on infection management and prescribing antimicrobials. The ability to link the results of diagnostic tests to prescription information could result in better antimicrobial stewardship, but...
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#13 - Public acceptance of phages is crucial for their effective role in tackling AMR
The public will need to be convinced that phages are safe and effective. This will be key if phages are to play a role in addressing AMR in healthcare and as part of a One Health approach to addressing AMR across various sectors, such as the food industry and the environment. Careful and transparent promotion of phages’ antimicrobial...
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PSOW-202309026 - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Miss A complained that Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board had failed to provide an independent review into her gynaecological care and failed to respond to her concerns in a timely manner. The Ombudsman found a review into Miss A’s gynaecological care was still not complete despite it being announced in May 2023. Miss A had also been required...
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PSOW-202309578 - A GP Practice in the area of Swansea Bay University Health Board
Mr Y complained that the Practice had not responded to his complaint about the care and treatment provided to his late mother. The Ombudsman found that it had been 6 months since the Practice acknowledged the complaint, but it had not investigated or provided a response. She decided to settle the complaint without an investigation. The Ombudsman sought...
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PSOW-202309854 - Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Mrs F complained that Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board failed to issue a response to her complaint, which she made to it in October 2023. The Ombudsman found that the Health Board had not issued a complaint response and had not provided regular and meaningful updates. She said that this caused frustration and uncertainty to Mrs F....
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PSOW-202400216 - Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Mr A complained that Aneurin Bevan University Health Board had failed to respond to the complaint made to it in June 2023 or proactively provide updates. The Ombudsman found that the Health Board had issued several holding letters to Mr A, some after being prompted by his advocate. The Health Board had failed to respond to the complaint...
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PSOW-202400400 - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Mr A complained that Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board failed to provide a response to his complaint, which he made to it in January 2024. The Ombudsman found that whilst the Health Board had acknowledged Mr A’s complaint, it had not provided regular and meaningful updates and a complaint response had not been issued. She said that this...
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PSOW-202400605 - Hywel Dda University Health Board
Ms T complained that whilst Hywel Dda University Health Board had acknowledged her complaint, which she made to it in February 2024, it had failed to issue a response to her complaint or provide any updates. The Ombudsman found that the Health Board had failed to provide regular and meaningful updates to Ms T and a complaint response...
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PSOW-202001768 - Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Miss J complained about the care and treatment she received from Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (“the Health Board”). She was concerned that after the breakdown of her therapeutic relationship with the Principal Psychologist in July 2018, the Health Board failed to accommodate her request that the Principal Psychologist should not have any further involvement in the management...
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PSOW-202100173 - Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Ms B complained about her late mother, Mrs C’s, treatment in 2 hospitals within the Health Board’s area. She queried whether the Health Board: • Should have done more to assist in obtaining new dentures for Mrs C after they went missing during her admission? • If the insertion of a feeding tube was necessary, as a direct...
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PSOW-202103837 - Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Mrs A complained about the care and treatment her late mother, Mrs B, received, after transfer from the Royal Gwent Hospital (“the First Hospital”), during an admission to Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr (“the Second Hospital”) between 19 August and 8 September 2020. She complained that the Welsh Government’s COVID-19 guidance about visiting Mrs B at the Second Hospital was...
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#57 - Third Report - Coronavirus: lessons learned to date
The Government should ensure its ‘levelling up’ agenda includes specific policies to reduce health inequalities, with a particular focus on ensuring that certain groups, including people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, do not continue to face unequal health outcomes.
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#57 - Sixth Report - Coronavirus: lessons learned to date
The Government should ensure its ‘levelling up’ agenda includes specific policies to reduce health inequalities, with a particular focus on ensuring that certain groups, including people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, do not continue to face unequal health outcomes.
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#17 - Provide key statistics on income and employment by religious affiliation, gender, and ethnic group.
The Government should provide the key statistics on income and employment by religious affiliation and gender as well as by ethnic group in order that ongoing intersectional inequalities can be fully understood and addressed. This includes the statistics provided through the Labour Force Survey by the Office for National Statistics. (Recommendation, Paragraph 86) Healthcare
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#1 - Committee received evidence on the threat of antimicrobial resistance in the UK
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the UK.2...
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#20 - Ensure refreshed Women's Health Strategy addresses poor outcomes for Muslim women's healthcare.
Tackling disparities in women’s healthcare is a key focus of the Women’s Health Strategy. The Government is due to refresh the strategy in the coming months. The Government should ensure that addressing poor outcomes faced by Muslim women, including in the provision of mental health support and pain relief for women, is included in that work. (Recommendation, Paragraph...
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NIPSO-201916356 - South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
We found that the Southern Trust should have put in place a plan to treat and monitor a patient’s symptoms earlier than it did.
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NIPSO-201917137 - Southern Health and Social Care Trust
A woman complained that her late husband was not treated properly for pain and swelling in his leg. We found he was appropriately looked after in the Emergency Department of Craigavon Area Hospital, but were concerned that medical staff did not record discussions they had with him about his care.
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NIPSO-201915506 - Northern Health and Social Care Trust
A Trust’s failure to accurately report on a patient’s CT scan meant she and her family could not prepare for her end-of-life care.
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NIPSO-202000572 - Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
We found that the Trust should have retested a patient for COVID when it found her previous sample had not been processed.
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PSOW-202102805 - Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Mr X’s complaint concerned the care and treatment which he received in relation to chest pains which he suffered in July 2020. He complained that the Health Board had failed to provide a written response to his formal complaint in accordance with the Putting Things Right Regulations 2011. Following discussion with the Ombudsman, the Health Board agreed to...
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PSOW-202101121 - Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Mr X complained that Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (“the Health Board”) had not delivered services that it had previously agreed it would. These services included life story work and psychological, CPN and occupational therapy assessments. In addition, he said that the correct assessments had not been undertaken by NHS Continuing Health Care. Mr X complained that he...
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PSOW-202105659 - A GP Practice in the area of Cardiff & Vale University Health Board
Mrs H complained that a GP Practice (“the Practice”) in the area of the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board had failed to acknowledge or respond to her complaint which she had made to it by email in early October 2021. In settlement of Mrs H’s complaint, the Practice agreed to complete the following actions within 6 weeks...
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PSOW-202104047 - Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Mrs X complained to Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (“the Health Board”) about the care and treatment provided to her late mother. She sent her letter of complaint in November 2020. Mrs X complained to the Ombudsman that the Health Board had failed to provide a response. Following discussion with the Ombudsman, the Health Board agreed to provide...
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PSOW-202105255 - A GP Practice in the area of Swansea Bay University Health Board
Mr X complained about the poor care and treatment he had received from a GP practice in the area of Swansea Bay University Health Board (“the Practice”). He was unhappy that he had not received a response to his complaint. In making enquiries with the Practice, the Ombudsman was advised that a response was in the process of...
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PSOW-202105645 - Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Ms X complained that she had not received a response from the Health Board to concerns raised in April 2021 regarding the care and treatment provided to her late grandfather by his GP practice. The Ombudsman was concerned about the length of time the Health Board was taking to conclude its investigation. It has agreed to finalise its...
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PSOW-202105948 - Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Mrs H complained that the Health Board had delayed its response to her complaint about treatment she received in November 2020. The Ombudsman found that the Health Board had failed to appropriately update Mrs H during its investigation of her complaint. Therefore, the Health Board agreed to complete the following actions within 4 weeks of the Ombudsman’s decision:...
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PSOW-202105068 - Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Ms B complained about Aneurin Bevan University Health Board’s (“the Health Board’s”) handling of her complaint, submitted in respect of her late father’s care and treatment. She said that she found herself in a worse position than before she submitted the complaint due to receiving so many incomplete, inconsistent and inaccurate responses from the Health Board. The Ombudsman...
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PSOW-202002671 - Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Mr B complained that, following his diagnosis of polyps in his colon in January 2020, the Health Board failed to take appropriate action to provide him with treatment within a reasonable timeframe and failed to keep him informed about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Health Board’s ability to provide care to him. The investigation found...
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PSOW-202107541 - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Ms X complained about the Health Board’s handling of her complaint about the care and treatment provided to her mother following her admission to hospital. Whilst Ms X understood the reasons for the cancellation of two scheduled meetings to discuss her concerns, she was concerned that a meeting scheduled in March 2022 would not go ahead. Ms X...
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PSOW-202108047 - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Ms X complained that there had been a significant delay in receiving a response to her complaint, which she had submitted on 25 October 2021, and that she had still not received a response. The Ombudsman was concerned that Ms X had not received a formal response to her complaint and that she had been inconvenienced by the...
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PSOW-202108175 - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Miss X complained about her husband’s care and treatment on admission and discharge from hospital. She also complained that there are several unanswered questions that she would like answers to. The Ombudsman decided that the Health Board should provide Miss X with a further written response (within 3 weeks) to address her outstanding concerns. The Ombudsman considered this...
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PSOW-202100257 - Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Mr Y complained about the care his wife, Mrs Y, received following admission to hospital in January 2019 with a severe headache. Following a clear head scan, a decision was made to carry out an Epidural Blood Patch (“EBP”, a procedure commonly used to treat spinal headaches). 2 days later, Mrs Y’s condition deteriorated suddenly and investigations identified...
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PSOW-202202410 - Hywel Dda University Health Board
Following its response to her complaint, Ms X complained that she had not received a further response from the Health Board in relation to her additional concerns regarding the care provided to her late mother whilst she was in hospital. The Ombudsman found that the Health Board had failed to provide a response to Ms X’s additional concerns....
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PSOW-202200979 - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Ms X complained that the Health Board failed to take her daughter’s mental health seriously despite referrals made by her GP, Social Services, and her school nurse. In considering this complaint, the Ombudsman noted that the complaint was raised with the Health Board in February 2022 but no Putting Things Right[1] (“PTR”) response was issue at the time...
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PSOW-202201322 - Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Ms A complained that the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board had failed to respond to a complaint, submitted to them on 6 July 2021. The Ombudsman found that the Health Board had failed to respond to Ms A’s complaint in accordance with The NHS (Concerns, Complaints and Redress Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (“the Regulations”). The Ombudsman sought and...
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PSOW-202201409 - Hywel Dda University Health Board
Mr X complained about events which led to his mother contracting COVID-19 during a hospital admission. He also complained about poor communication with him and his family, particularly surrounding the decision not to ventilate his mother. The Ombudsman found that the Health Board had not provided a comprehensive response to the complaint about hospital-acquired COVID-19 and had not...
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PSOW-202201986 - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Mr A complained about the care provided to his late wife atWrexham Maelor Hospital shortly before her sad death in May 2021. Whilst Mr Ahad received a formal complaint response from the Health Board in respect ofhis concerns about his late wife’s care, he indicated to the Ombudsman’s officethat he had additional unaddressed questions which he wanted the...
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PSOW-202203838 - A Pharmacy in the area of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Mr B complained that he was having difficulties with his medication supply at the Pharmacy. He further complained that despite putting a formal complaint with the help of an advocate, neither he nor his advocate had received a response. The Ombudsman was concerned that the Pharmacy had not yet responded to Mr B and therefore contacted it. The...
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PSOW-202204144 - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Miss A complained that the Health Board had failed to issue a complaint response to her in accordance with an agreement it had previously reached with the Ombudsman’s office (ref: 202200979). The complaint response should have been issued to Miss A by 17 August 2022. The Ombudsman contacted the Health Board and it agreed to complete the following...
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PSOW-202201551 - Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Mrs A complained about the care and treatment provided to her late husband shortly before his sad death in December 2021. The Ombudsman decided that there was an opportunity for an independent external view to be sought by the Health Board in respect of the complaint. The Ombudsman sought and gained the Health Board’s agreement to contact Mrs...
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PSOW-202201684 - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Ms A complained about the Health Board’s failure to provide support for her Binge Eating Disorder, and to provide a diagnosis, support and therapy for her Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The Ombudsman decided that the Health Board’s complaint response did not fully address the issues raised by Ms A. The Ombudsman sought and gained the Health Board’s agreement...
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PSOW-202203717 - Swansea Bay University Health Board
Mrs X complained about the Health Board’s handling of her complaint about her mother’s fall at hospital and her clinical care. Although the Health Board was continuing to consider the care element under the PTR redress provisions, and had provided Mrs X with some information, she had heard nothing further. Mrs X was also concerned to learn that...
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PSOW-202203209 - Swansea Bay University Health Board
Mr F complained that he was dissatisfied with Swansea Bay University Health Board’s response to his complaint about his mother’s inpatient care and treatment. The Ombudsman found that there was a delay and miscommunication in the handling of Mr F’s complaint. The Health Board had not provided Mr F with a timeframe for conclusion of the case or...
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