Legacy of the games

This week we’ re looking at the legacy of large sports events - with the 2012 Olympic games costing £9bn, and that cost being justified by saying how great an impact the games will have on the health of the nation. We talk to Gerry McCartney about his systematic review of the evidence for those claims. Antibiotic resistance is a major problem, and we increasingly have to turn to second line drugs as bacteria become immune. We have just published a systematic review on bmj.com that looks at the link between prescribed antibiotics in primary care and antimicrobial resistance. Coauthor Alastair Hay tells us about his findings. Annabel Ferriman, takes us through the news.