Website of the Department of Health

Campaign posters

• Download poster: "Unfortunately, no amount of antibiotics will get rid of your cold" (PDF, 39K)

• Download poster: "If a cold is making you feel under the weather, antibiotics aren't going to help" (PDF, 40K)

• Download poster: "Remember, antibiotics won't help your defences against a cold" (PDF, 40K)

Other links

• Health Protection Agency: Antimicrobial resistance (opens new window)

The Bug Investigators: A resource for science teachers

A teachers' guide and information pack for Years 5, 6 and 7.

• The Bug Investigators: A resource for science teachers

E-Bug

 An online hygiene, microbe and antibiotic resource for primary and secondary schools.

• E-Bug (opens new window)

• A simple guide to MRSA (meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
• A simple guide to Clostridium difficile infection
• National Library for Health (opens new window)