Seven days in medicine: 23-29 November 2022

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Samantha Black, consultant anaesthetist and patient information lead at the Royal College of Anaesthetists, said, “‘Dennis has an anaesthetic’ is a fantastic resource that can be used in preoperative assessment clinics and at home with parents to answer children’s questions and to reassure them.” (See www.rcoa.ac.uk/dennis-has-anaesthetic) Antimicrobial resistance Comments are sought for next five year plan England’s Department of Health and Social Care launched a consultation to inform the next five year plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance and is calling for input from technical experts on human health, animal and plant health, food, and the environment. The consultation closes on 20 January.3 Measles Disease is “imminent threat” worldwide Falling vaccination rates and reduced surveillance during the covid pandemic have created an “imminent threat” of measles spreading in every region of the world, said the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.