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Parkinson's Disease: Consultants

Commons · Question 98652 · Tabled 9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Dec 2025

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Asked by Chris Coghlan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many a) neurologists, b) geriatricians and c) nurses in the NHS have specialist training in Parkinson's.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 16 Dec 2025

While the Department does not hold data specifically on the number of Parkinson’s specialist staff in England, we do hold data on the number of doctors working in the wider specialities of neurology and geriatric medicine. As of August 2025, there were 2,...