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Welcome to our blog! Each week a new episode is released we upload a new episode page, as well as a host of other exciting posts. Here you can find guest blog posts, extra information about the Charter, Gillian's "Poetry Corner" - where you can find all of Gillian's spectacular poetry, plus one or two from our special guests - and "Mark's Musings, to get Mark's personal thoughts on the matter in question.

Parkinson’s Nursing Service: Addenbrookes Hospital

Guest Writer

Mar 304 min read

Parkinson’s Nursing Service: Addenbrookes Hospital

A note from Nicola McQueen "We hope by sharing this information it can inspire other centres across the UK to invest in services like...

Make them comfortable: every person counts

Guest Writer

Mar 304 min read

Make them comfortable: every person counts

By Jan Sargeant Jan Sargeant has been actively working to support people with Parkinson’s in a variety of ways since her diagnosis in May...

Do you like cricket and live in Kent? Coming this April 2024

Guest Writer

Mar 271 min read

Do you like cricket and live in Kent? Coming this April 2024

Cricket For All have funding from Sport England to deliver cricket for adults in Kent who live with Parkinson's, MS and similar...

Guest Writer

Mar 211 min read

WINNER FOR PODCAST OF THE YEAR!

Big news, breaking news: we’ve won the Podcast of the year award from the Broadcasting Press Guild against stiff competition. And it is...

Sir Nicholas Mostyn

Mar 201 min read

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I, [NAME] of [ADDRESS] being a person not lacking capacity within the terms of section 2 (1) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (“the Act”)...

Guest Writer

Mar 121 min read

Support our Parky Charter

Here's our Charter - ‘ The Parky Charter’ - describing five things that people with Parkinson’s need from the government but are not...

Gillian Lacey-Solymar

Feb 93 min read

Gillian's thoughts on the NICE summary

NICE summary Your responsibility Local commissioners of health care have responsibility to enable the guideline to be applied when...

Guest Writer

Dec 17, 20233 min read

A Patient's Plan

Draft guidance for newly diagnosed people with Parkinson's by Sharon (listener) Dear (Newly diagnosed patient’s...

Sir Nicholas Mostyn

Dec 17, 20232 min read

Parka Carta

High Court Judge (retd) Sir Nicholas Mostyn sets out a social contract between the British state and people with Parkinson's disease The...

Gillian Lacey-Solymar

Dec 17, 20232 min read

Gillian's Mnemonic

CARPE DIEM (NUNC) C - Cure The State will provide not less than £x p.a. for research into a cure (we need to come up with a figure based...

Vin Ray, former Head of International News at the BBC

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Oct 15, 20239 min read

Vin Ray, former Head of International News at the BBC

Vin Ray is the former Head of International News at the BBC. His teams won BAFTA awards, RTS awards, Emmy awards and many more. He gave...

Guest Writer

Oct 15, 20234 min read

Tim Grover, Speech & Language Therapist

Tim qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 2004 from University College London attaining a BSc in Speech Sciences, he later...

Pharmacists and their role in supporting patients with Parkinson's

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May 14, 20233 min read

Pharmacists and their role in supporting patients with Parkinson's

By Stephanie Bancroft BSc MRPharmS, PDSPN Chair Parkinson's Disease (PD) in the UK and the role of pharmacists in supporting patients In...

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