{"id":2225,"date":"2026-05-15T15:36:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/pages\/training\/tick-lymes-disease-training\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:37:31","slug":"tick-lymes-disease-training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/pages\/training\/tick-lymes-disease-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Tick\/Lymes Disease Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tick-borne diseases are an increasing public health concern, particularly in rural and semi-rural areas. Community pharmacies are well placed to support public awareness, early signposting, and education relating to ticks and associated conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The session will cover:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tick life cycle and safe tick removal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Overview of tick-borne conditions, including:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lyme Disease<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tick-Borne Encephalitis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alpha-Gal Syndrome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The role of community pharmacies in public and local education as \u201ctick experts\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medications used in the treatment of Lyme Disease<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Current research and emerging tick-borne pathogens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enhancing pharmacy knowledge supports early identification and appropriate signposting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aligns with public health and preventative care priorities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthens the role of pharmacies as accessible sources of health advice within communities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scottish-my.sharepoint.com\/:v:\/r\/personal\/eleanor_rose_nhsh_nhs_scot\/Documents\/Recordings\/TickLymes%20Disease%20Training-20260421_190637-Meeting%20Recording.mp4?csf=1&amp;web=1&amp;e=3HCFcm&amp;nav=eyJyZWZlcnJhbEluZm8iOnsicmVmZXJyYWxBcHAiOiJTdHJlYW1XZWJBcHAiLCJyZWZlcnJhbFZpZXciOiJTaGFyZURpYWxvZy1MaW5rIiwicmVmZXJyYWxBcHBQbGF0Zm9ybSI6IldlYiIsInJlZmVycmFsTW9kZSI6InZpZXcifX0%3D\">TickLymes Disease Training-20260421_190637-Meeting Recording.mp4<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Tick-borne diseases are an increasing public health concern, particularly in rural and semi-rural areas. Community pharmacies are well placed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":230,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2225","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2225","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=2225"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2227,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2225\/revisions\/2227"}],"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=2225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}