Tag: Parkinson’s UK

Parkinson’s UK driving forward personalised services for the newly diagnosed

Stuart Mitchell

National charity, Parkinson’s UK, has launched a new referral service that allows healthcare teams to give direct access to its new support service, ‘Parkinson’s Connect’, for those who are recently diagnosed with the condition.  Three years in the making and with collaboration from leading healthcare professionals and the Parkinson’s community, Parkinson’s Connect has been created with users at the centre.  With direct access to trusted and personalised support services for those who are newly diagnosed, it is designed to be a one-stop shop, from the very first point of diagnosis.…

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We Are Undefeatable: a major new campaign to support people with long-term health conditions to be active

Stuart Mitchell

An inspiring new campaign – We Are Undefeatable – is being launched to support the one in four (15 million) people in England who live with one or more long-term health conditions, such as diabetes, cancer, arthritis and Parkinson’s. By recognising the unique barriers people with health conditions face, the campaign aims to help people build physical activity into their lives, by hearing from others who have become more active through the ups and downs of living with their condition. Individuals living with a long-term health condition are twice as likely to…

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Medical charities collaborate to ensure research results are shared

Stuart Mitchell

23 members of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) are working in collaboration to develop and launch a joint publication platform, AMRC Open Research.  By removing traditional barriers and delays to publication, the new platform will help the charities maximise the value of the donations they receive by making it possible for every output from the research they fund to be rapidly and openly shared. The AMRC Open Research will use services developed by F1000 and a publication process first used on F1000Research. This process has since been adopted…

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