29 June 2021 Second article on hospital antibiotic use in Scotland during COVID-19 published Following on from an initial publication on ‘Prevalence audit of antibiotic use during COVID-19 pandemic’ we have now undertaken further analysis to inform this article focused on patients with respiratory infection.
18 May 2021 SAPG granted funding for antimicrobial stewardship work in Ghana The Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG) have been awarded funding to scope antimicrobial prescribing and practice in dental infections in two Ghanaian hospitals.
10 May 2021 SMC and SAPG Joint Statement on pilot of new health technology evaluation process for antimicrobials
3 March 2021 Dentists lead the way in fight against antimicrobial resistance Dentists are leading the way in the fight against antimicrobial resistance in primary care settings in Scotland, a new report shows.
10 December 2020 SAPG work shows decline in community prescribing of antibiotics during pandemic Analysis shows fall in prescribing after initial surge
10 November 2020 Pencillin allergy de-labelling toolkit launched New toolkit supports removal of unverified allergy labels
30 October 2020 "Fruitful collaboration" sees SAPG nominated for award Team shortlisted for Antibiotic Guardian Shared Learning award
5 October 2020 Early conversations and shared decision making key in end of life prescribing New recommendations on the use of antibiotics at the end of life
1 May 2020 Prevalence audit of antibiotic use during COVID-19 pandemic Our work on COVID-19 and its impact on antimicrobial stewardship
20 February 2020 SAPG Ghana collaboration publication Publication of paper shows "fruitful collaboration"
