Professional news 2025

We take you through our achievements for this year and the past 10 years as an active and engaging network.

This year, our Exercise Hub celebrated its 10 year anniversary. 2025 also marks a new chapter as specialist physiotherapists Beccy Oliver and Julie Jones step down as joint leads of the Exercise Hub and we welcome new leadership in 2026.

The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), in partnership with the Parkinson's UK Excellence Network, have launched Parkinson's guidance for professionals and people with Parkinson's.

We've launched an exercise toolkit for health professionals who work with people with Parkinson's, to help GPs and nurses conduct meaningful conversations around physical activity and exercise with their patients.

Last year we heard from Kneu Health on how smartphones are transforming Parkinson's care in the NHS. Here, we catch up with Dr Ledia Agley, Head of Customer Success at Kneu Health, to take us through how their technology has recently supported a Parkinson's exercise programme at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Patsy Cotton, Chair of our Time critical medication steering group, reflects on the most recent developments in our action packed programme.

We've launched a refreshed and more in depth Foundation Programme designed for health and care professionals.

We've published new guidance to help speech and language therapists successfully support patients' funding applications for Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (EMST) devices.

We're thrilled to announce the results of our 2025 small project grants round, with funding awarded to 5 services nationwide to enhance Parkinson's care.

Our campaign to support more nurses to specialise in Parkinson's is stepping up! Read on to see what's in store and to find out more about our support for nurses looking to progress their careers.

Sheridan Court's role as advanced Parkinson's pharmacist at the Swansea Bay University Health Board has been pump-primed by Parkinson's UK. Here she shares her insights after her first few months in the role.

We're delighted to welcome the final members of our leadership teams. Introducing our new clinical lead for therapy and our regional clinical leads for the midlands, south east and London.

Find out about how we can help you and your patients to navigate devices and apps that can offer innovative solutions to help people with Parkinson's to live well and manage their condition.

We've updated our Consensus statement for the continuation of Parkinson's medicines in hospitals. Read about how this resource came about, and how the updated resource could be useful for you.

This collection of recent research findings provides you with key insights into Parkinson's to improve your understanding of the condition. You can use this information to help inform discussions with your patients.

As we continue to mark key nurse anniversaries, including 10 years of the Deep Brain Stimulation Nurse Association (DBSNA), we take a closer look at the organisation's progress through the years and how specialist nurses empower people with Parkinson's on their deep brain stimulation (DBS) journey.

Par-Con is your 2-day Parkinson's community convention. Join online to hear from expert speakers, connect with other health and care professionals, researchers, funders, and people with Parkinson's. Learn more about how people can live well with Parkinson's.

Fiona Lindop MBE retires from her role at the Derby Parkinson's Centre of Excellence and steps down from her role as Clinical Lead for Therapy for our Parkinson's UK Excellence Network.