Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to encourage take-up of the Lyme Disease Action e-learning course amongst primary care practitioners.

The e-learning course on Lyme disease co-developed by Lyme Disease Action and the Royal College of General Practitioners is one of a number of resources that exist to support primary care practitioners’ awareness. Primary care practitioners are responsible for their own programme of continuing professional development as required for revalidation. The Government does not endorse one educational opportunity over another.

Public Health England provides information on Lyme disease and tick awareness to the medical profession and holds regular medical training days.

NHS Choices publishes information on its website to raise awareness of Lyme disease to encourage timely medical consultations because early diagnosis and treatment is the best way of limiting complications from infection.