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Helen Matthews, Rory Cellan-Jones, Sir Nicholas Mostyn, Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Mike Lacey-Solymar and Juliet Tizzard stand outside 10 Downing Street with the Parky Charter petition

Parky Charter hits over 100,000 signatures

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Improving access to mental health services for people with Parkinson's

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MPs vote to cut Universal Credit

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Nominate your Parkinson's hero for a Community Award

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The Community Awards are back for a second year. Nominate your unsung hero from the Parkinson's community.
Holyrood, Scottish Parliament

Scottish government to take forward our research participation proposals

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Measures in the Scottish government’s programme will affect the Parkinson’s community in many ways. One important new law will enable more people with Parkinson’s to take part in vital research. 

Lewy body dementia diagnosis data revealed for the first time

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Parkinson's UK welcomes the first release of Lewy body dementia diagnosis data. 

Progress towards a form of adaptable deep brain stimulation

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A small study shows that adaptive deep brain stimulation is better than the standard version at controlling movement symptoms day and night for people with Parkinson’s. 

Parkinson's UK invests in developing potential new drug with Acurex Biosciences

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We're investing £1.6m through our Virtual Biotech programme to drive forward the development of a promising molecule which has the potential to become a drug that slows or stops Parkinson’s.

Parkinson's UK members meet the trustees at exclusive online event

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In July, we had the pleasure of hosting Membership Matters, an online event exclusively for Parkinson's UK members. We were delighted to see over 200 members sign up to either join us live or watch the recording later. 

Inspirational To be Heard! music festival unites young onset Parkinson’s community

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The To be Heard! music festival supported by Parkinson’s UK showcased the creativity and achievements of people living with young onset Parkinson’s.
King Charles delivers a speech outlining his government's legislative programme

What the latest King's Speech means for people with Parkinson's

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On 17 July, the King announced the new government's legislative programme for the next year. Here are the highlights and what it could mean for the Parkinson's community.

How we made our voice heard during the 2024 General Election and our next steps

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We wanted to make sure as many newly elected MPs understand Parkinson’s and how they can support our work to improve health care and transport services and financial support.

Help us understand your experience of NHS Talking Therapies

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NHS Talking Therapies help people with their mental health. We want to hear about your experiences.