We are delighted to announce that the winner of LDUK’s 2019 children’s poster competition is Evangeline Baxter-Fox who is 7 years old. Well done Evangeline for creating such an impactful poster with a really strong message to help people #WakeUptoLyme and to Moyles Court School for embracing Lyme disease awareness. […]
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LDUK has added its name to the US-based Ad Hoc Patient-Physician Coalition to support their 58-page comments relating to issues surrounding the new Infectious Disease Society of America’s (IDSA) guidelines for Lyme disease which fail to use the GRADE system for ranking the quality of the evidence on which they […]
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It isn’t easy these days to drive change. Don’t we know! However, through our stubborn hearts, grit and determination are helping people become more aware of Lyme. We are building the foundations for education and with our courage for speaking out about our own stories, people begin to try and […]
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LDUK was delighted to host a Morning with Dr Joseph Jemsek, MD on Saturday 29th June 2019 at the Holiday Inn Kensington High Street in London. On one of the warmest days of the year, it was wonderful to have the opportunity to bring together so many members of the […]
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Following the publication of the NICE guideline for Lyme disease last year, a Quality Standard for Lyme disease has been produced. You can find the Quality Standard here. LDUK were involved in the consultation process, providing stakeholder comments. We sincerely hope that this Quality Standard along with the NICE guideline […]
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May 2019 saw the nation ‘Wake Up to Lyme’ with our most successful awareness campaign yet. Thank you so much to everyone who took part! LDUK sent out more posters and leaflets in the first week of awareness month than we did during the whole campaign last year! A whopping […]
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Press Release Lyme Disease UK has won a £1,000 Movement for Good award thanks to nominations from the public. Lyme Disease UK was nominated to win a £1,000 boost as part of specialist insurer Ecclesiastical’s Movement for Good awards, which is giving £1million to charities this summer. This generous donation […]
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The Royal College of General Practitioners has launched its new Lyme Disease Toolkit which should prove to be a highly useful and accessible resource for GPs, other medical professionals and the general public wanting to learn more about the disease. The Toolkit was developed by Dr Anne Cruikshank (RCGP Clinical […]
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LDUK has kicked off Lyme Disease awareness month with a bang. Across the country with the work of the LDUK team and members of our Online Community, we have been able to get major UK landmarks to glow green in support of Lyme disease awareness which is just incredible and […]
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Lyme Disease Awareness Month 2019 has got off to a fantastic start with lots of buildings around the country being lit up in green to help us mark this year’s campaign. Thank you to everyone involved in arranging these landmark light-ups and don’t forget to share your photos with us […]
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