UK Parkinson's Disease Resources?
UK Related Parkinsons Disease resources : Reproduced from the Website information released by the NHS (National Health Service in the UK)
What is Parkinson's disease?
Links to useful websites
National contacts
West Midlands information
Other information
What is Parkinson's disease?
The following links take you straight to pages of information about Parkinson's disease (PD). This information has been checked by doctors to ensure it is correct and appropriate for UK patients.
EQUIP also has pages on some other common neurological disorders:
Links to useful websites:
The following links contain information about Parkinson's disease. The information on these websites has not been checked by our doctors, but they are rated as good quality sites.
National contacts:
- National Tremor Foundation, Harold Wood Hospital (DSC), Gubbins Lane, Romford, Essex RM3 0BE Tel: 01708 386399
- Outreach Service for Black and Minority Ethnic Communities, Suite 314, Bradford Court, 131 Bradford Street, Birmingham B12 0NS Tel: 0121 608 1661 There are factsheets, audio and video also available in Urdu, Gujarati, Punjabi, Hindi and Bengali.
- Parkinson Disease Society, 215 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EJ Tel: 020 7931 8080 Helpline freephone: 0808 800 0303 Email: enquiries@parkinsons.org.uk
- SPRING (Special Parkinson's Research Interest Group) PO BOX 440 Horsham, W.Sussex RH13 0LA Tel: 01403 730163 Email: info@spring.parkinsons.org.uk
- YPN Younger Parkinson's Network, YAPMAIL, PO Box 33209, London SW1V 1EJ Tel: 0808 800 0303 Email: yappfarmer@aol.com
There are also many other support groups for health in general - go to general health contacts
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West Midlands Information:
- Foundation for Conductive Education, Cannon Hill House, Russell Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8RD Tel: 0121 449 1569 Email: lesleyp@conductive-education.org.uk Teaches people with movement disabilities to coordinate their movements and achieve greater independence.
- Outreach Service for Black & Minority Ethnic Communities, Suite 312, Bradford Court, 131 Bradford Street, Birmingham B12 0NS Tel: 0121 608 1661 Email: outreach@parkinsons.org.uk There are factsheets, audio and video also available in Urdu, Gujarati, Punjabi, Hindi and Bengali.
- Parkinson's Disease Carers Group (Walsall), 8 Kinver Crescent, Aldridge, Walsall WS9 8LP Tel: 01922 451095
- Parkinson's Disease Society has many contacts in the West Midlands - contact Tel: 0121 423 4825
- Atherstone - 01675 464802
- Birmingham North - 0121 373 6491
- Birmingham South - 0121 550 4968
- Bridgnorth - 01746 764519
- Burton - 01283 536165
- Coventry - 0247 6301205
- Dudley - 01384 347033
- Hereford - 01432 278955
- Leamington/Warwick/Kenilworth - 0121 423 4825
- Lichfield - 0121 423 4825
- Redditch - 0121 423 4825
- Rugby - 01926 857273
- Sandwell - 0121 552 1783
- Shrewsbury - 01743 872597
- Solihull - 0121 454 3222
- Staffordshire North - 01782 852410
- Stafford - 0121 454 3222
- Stratford Upon Avon - 0121 423 4825
- Tamworth - 01827 54991
- Telford - 0121 454 3222
- Walsall - 01543 570495
- Wolverhampton - 01902 620385
- Worcester - 01386 751349
- Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialists:
- East Birmingham & Solihull - 07866 672 948
- South Birmingham - 07973 388 146
- West Midlands Public Libraries - Information can be found at your local public library.
Other West Midlands information can be found under General health contacts - West Midlands
Other information sources:
- Search the BBC news for latest news about Parkinson's disease
- Electronic Medicines Compendium contains Patient Information Leaflets on many medicines
- Parkinson's Disease Self-care Manual (book or CD-ROM can be updated on the Internet) - a joint publication from NHS Executive in the West Midlands and the Dutch September Foundation. Contact the Parkinson's Disease Society 020 7931 8080.
- Parkinson Disease Society has a large list of publications available in paper, audio and video formats, many of which are free. Contact their distributor - Sharward Services, Westerfield Business Centre, Main Road, Westerfield, Ipswich IP6 9AB Tel: 01473 212115 Email: services@sharward.co.uk
- Medical Dictionary
There are many websites that sell products that might be of interest to patients but we are not providing links to these sites. There are also email discussion groups and chat rooms that might help some patients, but as we are unable to validate the information you may receive, we are unable to provide links to these sites.
Parkinson's disease news on the Web
Vital signs (The San Angelo Standard-Times)
Adult Diabetes Support Group: Meets at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Trinity Lutheran Church, 3536 YMCA Drive. For more information, call Bill Korzen at (325) 949-6535. |
Goodbye, Senator (The Woonsocket Call)
NEWPORT — Americans great and small, and at least one member of European royalty, sat in the boxed-in pews of the historic Trinity Episcopal Church in Newport Monday to pay their final respects to Sen. Claiborne Pell and celebrate what one eulogist called a “life defined by service.” |
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