Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 48283

Parkinson's Disease

Tabled: 25 April 2025
Answered: 8 May 2025

Question

Alison Bennett

Liberal DemocratMid Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all relevant medical health professionals are aware of the different manifestations of Parkinson’s disease in (a) women and (b) men.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Guidance produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on Parkinson’s disease in adults does not make any reference to differences in Parkinson’s symptoms between women and men.We do know that the prevalence of Parkinson’s disease is h...

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