Question follow-through · 96706

Parkinson's Disease: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many a) neurologists with specialist training in Parkinson’s, b) geriatricians with specialist training in Parkinson’s, and c) specialist Parkinson’s nurses are currently practising in the NHS.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
8 Dec 2025
Answer
16 Dec 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many a) neurologists with specialist training in Parkinson’s, b) geriatricians with specialist training in Parkinson’s, and c) specialist Parkinson’s nurses are currently practising in the NHS.

  2. 8 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 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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