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Parkinson's Disease: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many geriatricians have specialist training in treating Parkinson’s and working with Parkinson's patients.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
4 Dec 2025
Answer
10 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many geriatricians have specialist training in treating Parkinson’s and working with Parkinson's patients.

  2. 4 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    While the Department does not hold data specifically on the number of Parkinson’s specialist staff in England, we do hold data on the number of doctors working in the wider specialities of neurology and geriatric medicine. As of August 2025, there were 2,...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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