Resources for Professionals

This template policy can be used by medicine safety officers, senior pharmacists, senior nurses, doctors, directorate managers and service managers as a basis to develop a self-administration policy for their organisation.

Guidance from Hospice UK to support professionals who work with people with progressive neurological conditions, including Parkinson's, to deliver high quality care. 

This guideline sets out what safe, coordinated and evidence-based surgical care looks like for adults living with Parkinson's across the entire perioperative journey.

This paper presents the BONEPARK2 protocol for assessing and treating bone health in Parkinson's.

Information for nurses living with Parkinson's, to support discussions about reasonable adjustments at work. Developed by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in partnership with Parkinson's UK. 

This pathway aims to support health services to improve the diagnosis experience for people with Parkinson's.

This paper presents the challenges posed when discussing Advance Care Planning with people with Parkinson's, and approaches that could be used with this group. 

This paper presents the background, method and results of a study into Parkinson's and bone health, concluding that early bone health assessment is needed, along with an increase in anti-osteoporosis treatment.
 

The 4AT is a quick, evidence-based tool for identifying delirium, proven effective in people with Parkinson's. 

Our UK Parkinson's Audit is the recognised UK-wide audit and quality improvement tool for Parkinson's services.