Neurology services improving for Parkinson’s sufferers

Neurology services have improved for people living with Parkinson’s disease, results from the largest ever Parkinson’s services audit have revealed. Now, 62.8% of audited services now seeing more than 75% of their patients in specific clinics (compared with 60% in 2012), while written information about Parkinson’s and Parkinson’s medication is now routinely available all or most of the time at 82.4% of elderly care and neurology clinics. However, there is still a lack of integrated clinics, with only 12.6% of joint elderly care and neurology clinics being integrated, and only 5.5% of neurology clinics. Also, 5.9% of outpatient clinics are