How UK government plans to monitor bank accounts of benefit claimants will affect people with Parkinson’s Date 18 March 2024 In a move designed to combat welfare benefit fraud and error, the UK government wants the power to instruct banks to provide details of their customer's accounts, even where there is no suspicion of fraud.
Caption Emergency summit on time critical medication Emergency summit on time critical medication Date 15 March 2024 Patient groups, healthcare professionals and NHS England came together to take action to ensure people in hospital get their medication on time, every time.
Parkinson's UK teams up with Walking Football Scotland Date 12 March 2024 We’re teaming up with Walking Football Scotland to give people with Parkinson's more opportunities to play the game.
Caption Representatives from Bechet's UK, Crohn's and Colitis UK, the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, Parkinson's UK, the Pharmacists' Defence Association, the Royal College of GPs and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society outside the Department of Health and Social Care Campaigners call for the prescription charge to be frozen for the next 2 years in England Date 12 March 2024 The Prescription Charges Coalition have handed in a letter signed by over 600 people to freeze the charge at a time when costs are going up.
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.