Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 117213
Urinary Tract Infections: Bacteriophages
Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026
Question
Dr Allison Gardner
Labour — Stoke-on-Trent South
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of phage medicines on tackling (a) recurrent and chronic urinary tract infections and (b) associated antimicrobial resistance.
Answer
Mrs Sharon HodgsonThe Department recognises bacteriophage, or phage, medicines as a promising complementary option for difficult bacterial infections, including recurrent and chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs), and as a potential tool to address antimicrobial resistan...
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