{"id":2222,"date":"2026-05-15T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/pages\/training\/menopause-hrt-training-session\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:36:18","slug":"menopause-hrt-training-session","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/pages\/training\/menopause-hrt-training-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Menopause &amp; HRT training session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The session will also summarise the current evidence on HRT, highlighting that systemic estrogen is the most effective treatment for vasomotor symptoms and that low\u2011dose vaginal estrogen is first\u2011line for genitourinary syndrome of menopause. Key prescribing considerations will include therapy route, the need for progesterone in individuals with a uterus, and the advantages of transdermal options for those with cardiovascular or thrombotic risk factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will outline common symptoms such as hot flushes, night sweats, sleep disturbance, mood changes, vaginal dryness, and urinary discomfort which affects up to 80% of women, sometimes for several years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetingrecap?driveId=b%21QfuPtqX9YkaTzeqTRO7MsxXX4gBTeptBtV-zG8xQt_deOrsALUDxSYgZDFkJxPR8&amp;driveItemId=01NWYH2BSZFBRGUD27MBFYIWPXHSDJNNUX&amp;sitePath=https%3A%2F%2Fscottish-my.sharepoint.com%2F%3Av%3A%2Fg%2Fpersonal%2Fnicola_berry2_nhsh_nhs_scot%2FIQBZKGJqD19gS4RZ9zyGlraXASBeJhQYJDUSK1BHKOA8xvs&amp;fileUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fscottish-my.sharepoint.com%2Fpersonal%2Fnicola_berry2_nhsh_nhs_scot%2FDocuments%2FRecordings%2FMenopause+%26+HRT+training+session-20260512_191340-Meeting+Recording.mp4%3Fweb%3D1&amp;iCalUid=040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000501D266E84A5DC010000000000000000100000009734DEE5B093B14B827FDA7537C8E23E&amp;threadId=19%3Ameeting_ZWM3NDJiYTEtMDdiZS00NjUyLWI2MmQtYjgzMDRlNGI5ZWYz%40thread.v2&amp;organizerId=c45e4280-f8d8-49dc-812a-8a41021af7e8&amp;tenantId=10efe0bd-a030-4bca-809c-b5e6745e499a&amp;callId=f7d4bf67-4f47-4471-b7d5-1504d869d2cb&amp;threadType=Meeting&amp;meetingType=Scheduled&amp;subType=RecapSharingLink_RecapCore\">Recap: Menopause &amp; HRT training session 12 May | Meeting | Microsoft Teams<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">The session will also summarise the current evidence on HRT, highlighting that systemic estrogen is the most effective treatment for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":230,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2222","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2222"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2224,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2222\/revisions\/2224"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}