News for professionals

Sophia Hulbert is a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and worked on developing this resource. Through her work she sees first-hand how important the period following diagnosis can be in shaping a person's experience of living well with Parkinson's.

Andrew Cassy joins our Clinical Leadership Team this month. Read on to find out about what he'll bring to the Excellence Network.
 

We caught up with our 2025 Excellence Network Innovation in practice award winners, Angela Fong and Tracey Howes, to see what they've been getting up to since our celebration event in March. They won our Excellence Award too, you know!

The latest updates and resources to help you start conversations about Parkinson's research with your patients and their loved ones.

Social care in England is high on the agenda once again. Whether you work in care directly or connect with care organisations through nursing, pharmacy or general practice, we're here to help. Here's a reminder of our free education and resources you can use yourself or share with care professionals.
 

Jane Rideout, our Clinical Lead for Involvement and all-round powerhouse, is stepping away from her Excellence Network Clinical Leadership role at the end of July.
 

People with Parkinson's have experienced increased side-effects and differences in efficacy when switching between drugs made by different manufacturers. 

All of our regional Excellence Networks across the UK now have a regional clinical lead thanks to the final 2 England leads taking up their posts.

Read on to find out about the new South East and North East and Yorkshire regional clinical leads, and what their aims are.
 

Dr Donald Grosset is stepping down from his clinical lead for service improvement role as he retires from his neurology and research roles.

'Innovating care in Parkinson's - the evolving role of pharmacy', the 4th Parkinson's Disease Specialist Pharmacy Network conference, took place in Birmingham on 18 June 2026.