Caption King Charles delivers a speech outlining his government's legislative programme What the latest King's Speech means for people with Parkinson's Date 24 July 2024 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 Date 23 July 2024 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 Date 19 July 2024 NHS Talking Therapies help people with their mental health. We want to hear about your experiences.
Local campaigns update Date 12 July 2024 It's not just MPs who have been busy campaigning. Our local campaigners have been hard at work too. Here are some highlights of our work in England since the start of 2024.
Results from major study of speech and language therapy for Parkinson’s published Date 11 July 2024 The results found that Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT LOUD) is more effective than NHS speech and language therapy.
Parkinson’s UK invests in clinical trial of a potential treatment that could protect brain cells Date 2 July 2024 We're providing £1.24m through our Virtual Biotech programme to help test a potential treatment called MTX325 in people with Parkinson’s.
Parkinson's UK invests in first trial of pioneering treatment in people with Parkinson’s Date 1 July 2024 We're providing £1.55m through our Virtual Biotech programme to carry out the first clinical trials to see if HER-096 is safe for people with Parkinson’s and to start exploring its potential benefits.
Caption Researcher in a laboratory £100,000 awarded for research looking at new drug target for Parkinson’s Date 26 June 2024 Parkinson's UK is funding researchers to develop a potential set of drugs against a new target for people with Parkinson's.
Caption Image credit: Anthony Coleman Soundscape premiere brings together the young onset Parkinson’s community Date 24 June 2024 ‘I Hear You’, a soundscape of the unheard world of young onset Parkinson’s supported by Parkinson’s UK, was premiered at Bloomsbury Studio, London on Tuesday 11 June.
Caption test samples in tubes Blood test shows promise for identifying Parkinson’s before movement symptoms Date 18 June 2024 Research co-funded by Parkinson’s UK finds a new way to potentially improve diagnosis and monitoring of Parkinson’s.
