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Find out who the winners and highly commended entrants are in the Parkinson's Excellence Network Awards 2023.

In her second blog of 2023, Patsy Cotton, retired Parkinson's nurse and Excellence Network Clinical Lead, shares some recent highlights and successes from the time critical medication programme.

The Parkinson’s Excellence Network Awards celebrate outstanding health and social care services for people with Parkinson’s. Find out which teams and services have made it through the shortlist as finalists in the 2023 Excellence Network Awards.

Professor Annette Hand stepped down from her role as Clinical Lead for Nursing at the end of September.

In this short Q&A, two participants from the Flow Coaching Academy programme share their experience of participating in the course to develop a new multidisciplinary team.

The NHS Professionals - Living and working with Parkinson's group, in collaboration with the Parkinson's Excellence Network, have won the Patient Involvement in Safety Award at the HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2023.

The Excellence Network's Parkinson's Nurse Induction returned again this year, taking place virtually for 4 weeks from 3 July to 30 July.

Rowan Wathes, Associate Director of the Excellence Network, shares some of her key highlights and reflections from World Parkinson Congress 2023.

In this blog, we celebrate 75 years of the NHS and pay tribute to all the incredible health and care professionals working in NHS Parkinson's services. We also share some personal reflections from members of our Clinical Leadership Team on what the NHS means to them.

To mark and celebrate International Nurses Day 2023, we spoke to DBS nurse, Russell Mills about his role and why he'd recommend a career specialising in DBS or Parkinson's.