Antibiotic stewardship sits at the front line of the global challenge of antibiotic resistance.
Patient perceptions and expectations, practitioner clinical uncertainty and practice culture may all be barriers to antibiotic stewardship.
Expectations of antibiotics may reflect a desire for symptomatic treatment, lack of awareness of other options or previous experience.
Upper respiratory tract infections have higher rates of prescribing than would be expected according to local guidelines.
Within the first six years of life, 8.4% of girls and 1.7% of boys are diagnosed with a urinary tract infection.