Parkinson’s Service

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.

Who are we 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 Progresive 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.

Acute Parkinson’s Specialist Team

Parkinson's Nurse Specialist (Parkinson's Service Lead)

Emma Pearson

Parkinson's Specialist Practitioner

Rob Davies

Parkinson's Specialist Practitioner

Kimberly Saunders

Parkinson's Specialist Assistant Practitioner

Kevin Triscott

Parkinson's Specialist Team Administrators and Pathway Co-ordinators (UHP)

Danielle Oakley, Tallia Jory and Miranda Szwarcbach

Contact Details

01752 430048 option 6

plh-tr.uhpparkinsons@nhs.net

Follow Acute Parkinson’s Specialist Team at

@UHP_Parkinsons

Parkinson's Specialist Consultants

Consultant Geriatrician (Parkinson's Service Lead)

Dr Victoria Haunton

Consultant Neurologist (Parkinson's Service Lead) Associate professor in Neurology | Institute of Translational and Stratified Medicine, Peninsula Medical School