Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 99337

Parkinson's Disease: Consultants

Tabled: 11 December 2025
Answered: 18 December 2025

Question

Luke Taylor

Liberal DemocratSutton and Cheam

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS neurologists and geriatricians have specialist training to treat Parkinson’s disease.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department does not hold specific data on the number of specialist Parkinson’s nurses employed in the National Health Service in England. These roles are commissioned locally by NHS trusts and integrated care boards as part of neurology and movement d...

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