Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 98980

Parkinson's Disease: Nurses

Tabled: 10 December 2025

Answered: 19 December 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many specialist Parkinson’s nurses are employed in the NHS; and how their distribution is monitored nationally.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The Department does not hold data on the number of neurologists or geriatricians with specialist training in Parkinson’s disease, nor does NHS England publish workforce projections at this level of granularity. Neurologists typically manage a wide range o...

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