Wearable technologies that monitor Parkinson’s symptoms recommended for use by NHS in England Date 15 February 2023
Report your medication side effects through the Yellow Card scheme Date 25 September 2023 We’re promoting the Yellow Card scheme to the Parkinson’s community, to make sure everyone knows where to report any medication side effects they may experience.
Wearable technologies that monitor Parkinson’s symptoms recommended for use by NHS in England Date 15 February 2023 NICE has conditionally recommended 5 remote monitoring devices for Parkinson’s for use in the NHS in England.
Parkinson’s UK urges support for more clinical research Date 1 February 2023 A Lord’s inquiry supported by Parkinson’s UK has recommended the UK government urgently prioritises funding and support for clinical research.
Parkinson's UK awards new physical activity grant for non-contact boxing Date 16 December 2022 Parkinson's UK has awarded a new physical activity grant to Rock Steady Boxing. The grant will help train up to 10 new boxing coaches in high intensity, non-contact boxing for the Parkinson's community.
Changes to health professionals who can issue fit notes Date 20 June 2022 News on changes to the healthcare professionals who can issue fit to work notes from 1 July 2022 in England, Scotland and Wales.
New smartwatch has potential to enhance personalised Parkinson’s care Date 19 April 2022 As a new clinical trial begins, we explore the potential and next steps for a Parkinson’s watch that monitors symptoms.
Launch of a new toolkit for researchers Date 2 November 2021 We’ve developed an interactive communications toolkit to help researchers in all areas of health research to keep in touch with their participants. It is supported by the Health Research Authority (HRA) as part of the Make It Public strategy.
Poll finds a quarter of people with Parkinson’s are wrongly diagnosed Date 10 January 2020 In our survey of more than 2,000 people, more than a quarter (26%) reported they were misdiagnosed with a different condition before receiving the correct Parkinson’s diagnosis.
8 remarkable things we achieved together in 2019, and recent years Date 17 December 2019 2019 was another exciting year of progress. Here are 8 of the highlights, and 8 ways you can still get involved.
Excellence Network Awards 2017: the results Date 6 March 2017 Find out which health and social care services were recognised for great Parkinson's care at the first ever Excellence Network Awards ceremony held on Friday 3 March.
