New treatment for Parkinson’s approved by NICE (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) Date 12 March 2024 Foslevodopa-foscarbidopa (also called Produodopa) has been approved by NICE in England, Northern Ireland and Wales and the Scottish Medicines Consortium for people with Parkinson’s who experience movement related symptoms.
New treatment for Parkinson’s made available on the NHS in England Date 12 March 2024 Foslevodopa-foscarbidopa (also called Produodopa) can be offered in England from 27 February for people with Parkinson’s who experience movement related symptoms.
Groundbreaking new treatment for Parkinson’s available in Scotland Date 11 March 2024 Produodopa, a groundbreaking new treatment for advanced Parkinson’s, can now be prescribed in Scotland.
Celebrating the active Parkinson's community for International Women's Day Date 8 March 2024 Friday 8 March is International Women's Day and Parkinson's UK is celebrating all the inspirational women who either help to deliver our physical activity programmes, or have become physical activity advocates with Parkinson's.
Caption A person taking money out of their wallet Spring budget 2024: a missed opportunity to invest in Parkinson’s before the general election Date 7 March 2024 This week’s spring budget failed to offer much-needed support for people with Parkinson’s.
Caption Image: Mint Motion for Passionate Productions An update on GDNF trials for Parkinson’s Date 28 February 2024 A further trial of a device-delivered GDNF is not going ahead, but other approaches are showing promise.
Caption Older lady sat in a chair reading Still nowhere near enough Date 26 February 2024 At the end of March, the government’s cost of living support will come to an end. Yet our new research has found that for many people with Parkinson’s, the cost of living crisis is far from over.
Over 10,000 people helping to understand Parkinson’s risk factors Date 14 February 2024 Predict-PD is a study that aims to understand the risk factors of Parkinson’s. More than 10,000 people are now taking part and are representative of the ethnic diversity within the UK population.
Parkinson's UK launches new physical activity fitness videos Date 12 February 2024 Parkinson's UK has launched a series of new physical activity fitness videos to help more people get active online and to live well with the condition.
Parkinson's community invited to start playing snooker Date 6 February 2024 The dates and venues for a new snooker project supported by Parkinson's UK and the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) have been announced.
