Par-Con 2021 - How do current treatments help?
This session led by senior nurse and Parkinson’s advocate Clare Addison, consultant Richard Walker and Parkinson’s nurse Andrea Strutt will cover everything you need to know about the current treatment options for Parkinson’s. Together they will explain the medicines available and how they work, surgical options like deep brain stimulation and discuss the importance of physio, occupational and speech and language therapy.
CLARE ADDISON
Matron for Surgery, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Co-lead of the Parkinson’s UK Excellence Network for the south east of England
Person with Parkinson’s
@AddisonClare
I have been working in various senior nursing roles over the last 30 years with a special interest in neurosciences. I am passionate about ensuring patients receive the best possible care. I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2016 and have so far continued to work within the NHS, now as Lead Nurse for Adult Safeguarding. I have taken an active part in supporting Parkinson’s UK with fundraising and I am co-lead of the Excellence Network for the South East.
RICHARD WALKER
Consultant Physician, North Tyneside General Hospital
Richard Walker is a Consultant and previous Director of Research & Development at North Tyneside General Hospital, and Honorary Professor of Ageing and International Health at Newcastle University. He is the Clinical Lead for the Northumbria Parkinson’s disease service. His research interests in Parkinson’s include epidemiology, psychiatric symptoms, palliative care, respiratory symptoms, exercise and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). He was on the UK Parkinson’s NICE Guidelines 2017 Development Group and the Parkinson’s Quality Standard Advisory Committee for NICE. He is consultant lead for the Parkinson’s UK Excellence Network. He is immediate past Chair of the Movement Disorders Society African Task Force and on the committee of WHO working group for Parkinson’s in LIMCs.
He has a research interest in other non-communicable diseases in SSA including stroke, epilepsy, hypertension, dementia, fluorosis and frailty. He has undertaken stroke research in relation to mortality, risk factors and prevalence, and led the Tanzanian stroke incidence project. He is Associate Global Director for SSA for the Royal College of Physicians, London and is the Clinical Lead for the Northumbria/Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre health link which started in 1999. He has published over 240 peer review papers.
ANDREA STUTT
Parkinson’s Nurse Specialist, Northumbria Healthcare NHS trust
PD nurse specialist working with Northumbria healthcare trust, previous experience working on in patient neurology ward and out patient clinical research in Parkinson’s
Further reading: How do current treatments help?
The Parkinson article: “Getting the most out of your medication review”
https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/informa...
The Parkinson article: “How to manage your medication”
https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/informa...
Research blog, “Why do Parkinson’s drugs cause dyskinesia?”
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Research blog, “How do levodopa medications work?”
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Research blog, “Starting Parkinson’s drugs—research explained”
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