‘We are moving in the right direction but have more work to do.’

A new report reveals consistent decline in antimicrobial consumption in Australia, but volume of use is still more than double that of comparable OECD countries The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care examined PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensing for people of all ages, from 2013–14 to 2017–18, for three medicines items—antimicrobial medicines, amoxicillin and