We spoke to the Scottish health secretary about the challenges people with Parkinson’s face Date 8 October 2024
Scotland lights up blue for World Parkinson's Day Date 12 April 2021 Over 30 Scottish landmarks, including Edinburgh Castle, showed their support by lighting up in the colours of Parkinson's UK
Scotland’s hospitals fail to give people with Parkinson’s medication on time more than 100,000 times each year Date 24 October 2019 The report, Get It On Time, highlights systematic failures in Scotland’s hospitals that mean that people with Parkinson’s don’t receive their vital medication at their prescribed times.
Revolutionary research advocate Ken Bowler dies aged 76 Date 23 October 2019 The Parkinson’s community in Scotland, and beyond, has lost one of its giants with the passing of Professor Ken Bowler. Ken revolutionised the relationship between researchers and people living with Parkinson’s.
Unique award could revolutionise use of exercise as Parkinson's treatment Date 24 April 2019 News about joint work with the Scottish Government to research exercise and impact it has on Parkinson's.
Services struggling to meet the needs of people with Parkinson's in Scotland Date 5 February 2019 New report on services in Scotland.
More than 12,000 Scots living with Parkinson's and numbers continue to rise Date 8 January 2018 New figures from Parkinson's UK show that more than 12,000 Scots are now living with Parkinson's, and numbers are continuing to rise.
Meet the woman who can smell Parkinson's Date 20 December 2017 A Parkinson's UK-funded study, inspired by a woman's ability to smell the condition, has resulted in the discovery of 10 molecules which could lead to the first diagnostic test for Parkinson's.
