A SPECIALIST NHS care team has been shortlisted as a finalist for the UK Parkinson’s Excellence Network Awards.
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust’s team in West Berkshire have been shortlisted for the Innovation in Practice award and have a chance to be the overall winner of the Excellence Award.
Dr Apurba Chatterjee, consultant physician in elderly care medicine, at the trust, said the team are delighted.
“We have worked hard to develop the Advance Care pathway for patients who are in the complex stage of the disease to offer holistic care for the patients and respect their choices and wishes,” he said. “Our project has led to change in practice and we are proud that this has been recognised.”
The winners will be announced at the virtual ceremony on Thursday.
It is co-hosted by Parkinson’s UK’s President Jane Asher and Terence Manning, a former head teacher, living with Parkinson’s.
Ms Asher said: “I love these awards. They give us a chance to celebrate great care for people affected by Parkinson’s. Care that makes a difference not only in the consulting room, but to peoples’ everyday lives in the community.”
For more information, visit: parkinsons.org.uk/excellencenetwork