Professional news 2025

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.

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 the Parkinson's UK Excellence Network.

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.

As we continue to mark 35 years of the Parkinson’s nurse role, we’re shining a light on all the different ways and settings nurses support the Parkinson’s community. Read on to learn about our helpline nurse advisers.

Our revamped resource will give you valuable pointers to help you provide evidence to benefit assessors.

A round up of activity involving Parkinson's nurses on International Nurses' Day 2025.

Oral B and Wiley have created an e-learning course aimed at improving the oral healthcare knowledge of health professionals involved in treating people with special healthcare needs, to facilitate better oral health in patients.

We’re recruiting a Parkinson’s specialist therapist to join the Parkinson's UK Excellence Network’s national Clinical Leadership Team on a consultancy basis.

Find out what health and care professionals across the UK did to raise awareness for World Parkinson's Day 2025.

Patsy Cotton, Chair of the Parkinson's UK time critical medication steering group, reflects on the most recent developments in our action packed programme.
 

We're recruiting the consultancy services of 1 more regional clinical lead to join the Parkinson's UK Excellence Network and lead their regional network in England.

A roundup of the latest activity in the world of Excellence Network funding. 

Earlier this year we appointed 2 healthcare professionals as our new Regional Clinical Leads, to support the Excellence Network’s goals of improving care for people with Parkinson’s.

We're recruiting the consultancy services of 2 more Regional Clinical Leads to join the Parkinson's UK Excellence Network and lead their regional network in England.

The government has started the largest conversation in the history of the NHS by inviting the public and organisations to tell them what should be in its 10 year health plan for England.
 

We're so proud to share a snapshot of what we have achieved together as the Parkinson’s UK Excellence Network in 2024.

Parkinson's Essentials online courses have been designed to give you as health and social care professionals an introduction to Parkinson's tailored especially to your field of work, supporting your continuing professional development.

Registration for the 2025 UK Parkinson’s Audit, the recognised quality improvement tool for Parkinson's services, opens on Monday, 10 February 2025 until 21 March 2025.