Welcome to University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Parkinson Service
These pages provide information for people with Parkinson’s, their care givers/carers and healthcare professionals. We hope that you find it useful, and please do let us know if there is anything else you would like information about.
Parkinson’s is the fastest growing neurological condition in the world. It is a progressive neurological condition for which there is currently no cure. This means that it causes problems in the brain and gets worse over time. Medications help manage symptoms. Regular exercise/activity (at high intensity) can help slow the progression of Parkinson’s.
Find out more about what Parkinson’s is:
Who are the Parkinson's Service and where can we be found?
Our Parkinson’s Service comprises of Healthcare of the Elderly and Neurology Consultants/Doctors, specialist nurses, specialist practitioners, assistant practitioners, administrators (pathway coordinators), all with specialist training in Parkinson’s and Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes such as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD) and Multiple System Atrophy (MSA).
As well as assisting to support our medical teams here at UHP with the management of people with Parkinson’s and some Parkinsonism’s, when admitted, our Parkinson’s Specialist Team based within Derriford Hospital, will see patients who have been newly diagnosed with Parkinson’s and provide support through the stages, provide support and advice to patients with Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes and see patients on Device Assisted Therapies (DAT), advanced therapies and research participants.
Specialist Parkinson’s clinics (practitioner/consultant led) are held in East Cornwall at Liskeard Community Hospital, West Devon at Tavistock Minor Injury Unit and various clinical sites in Plymouth, these include Mount Gould Hospital, Thornbury Centre, and Derriford Hospital.
Patients Know Best (PKB)
Patients Know Best (PKB) is a free secure online patient portal used here at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP), which provides you with access to some of your personal health information on any internet device.
It's designed to improve your patient experience and access to NHS services and information through the NHS App using your NHS login. All your information is securely stored in one place, with instant notifications when new information is made available.
If you wish to sign up, or have already, we will use this portal to help support you on your Parkinson's journey whilst on the Parkinson's New Patient Pathway (NPP).
As a person with Parkinson's on our New Patient Pathway, you will automatically be added to Patients Know Best (PKB) when referred to UHPs Parkinson's Specialist Team. Please remember, it is your choice to sign-up, login and use this service. You will not be excluded from the New Patient Pathway should you decide not to use PKB or the NHS App.
