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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.
Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Mar 20, 20241 min read
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Guest Writer
Mar 16, 20242 min read
Palliative Care
Palliative care: two words that strike fear into most people. But are we thinking about palliative care all wrong? On this week's episode...
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Guest Writer
Mar 12, 20241 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...
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Rory Cellan-Jones
Mar 9, 20244 min read
Tech Again
Due to a failure of imagination within the Movers & Shakers team, we've somehow allowed Rory to do a second episode all about Parkinson's...
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Guest Writer
Mar 7, 20241 min read
World Parkinson's Day 2024
The Movers & Shakers support Parkinson's UK in shining a light on all the different faces of Parkinson's. As part of their campaign...
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Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Mar 6, 20242 min read
Poetry Corner
A Little List (for singing when chained to the railings of Downing Street) As some day it may happen to you or even me I've got a little...
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Mark Mardell
Mar 2, 20245 min read
Cognitive Decline
The Movers and Shakers are back in the pub and this week they're staring fear square in the eyes, and talking about a major fear:...
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Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Feb 26, 20241 min read
Poetry Corner
Coming to Terms “You’ll come to terms with the illness one day” So they say At first I believed them. “Acceptance is the only route Go...
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Guest Writer
Feb 26, 20241 min read
Poetry Corner
A Chance Encounter A Chance Encounter She says, “You’re looking well” Inside my mind I check myself out I forget what I heard five...
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Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Feb 24, 20245 min read
Sport
From high-octane skiing to walking football – via table tennis lessons and golf's Parkinson's mulligan – the Movers and Shakers have...
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Guest Writer
Feb 22, 20242 min read
PureGym Partnership
We are pleased to announce that we have been in touch with PureGym - the largest chain of gyms in the country - and they have very...
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Rory Cellan-Jones
Feb 17, 20245 min read
The Embarrassing Bits
Each week Rory Cellan-Jones guides us between the laughs and moans in the pub. Here is Rory's summary of this week's episode. When Paul...
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Mark Mardell
Feb 9, 20242 min read
The Parky Charter
It will be tweaked. We want to hear your thoughts. E mail us at admin@moversandshakerspodcast.com The Parkinson’s community has been too...
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Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Feb 9, 20243 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...
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Paul Mayhew-Archer
Jan 27, 20241 min read
Paul's DBS Diary
Watch Paul's DBS Journey: The Big Switch On! Before season three starts next month, we wanted to bring you an update on the marvellous...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Mark Mardell
Dec 16, 20236 min read
The Charter
Each week Rory Cellan-Jones guides us between the laughs and moans in the pub. Here is Rory's summary of this week's episode. Should our...
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Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Dec 2, 20237 min read
Creativity
Each week Rory Cellan-Jones guides us between the laughs and moans in the pub. Here is Rory's summary of this week's episode. We are now...
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