Mary Ellmers

I'm a Service Improvement Manager at Parkinson's UK. I work with professionals and people affected by Parkinson's to improve services. All views are my own.

[Parkinson's UK Scotland @ParkinsonsUKSco]

We strongly recommend @ClaireJStevens' session on the hidden symptoms of Parkinson's linked below. More than 2k ppl have now watched Claire's exploration of the impacts of Parkinson's and dementia. We can see why. Thank you, Claire.

[Parkinson's UK Scotland @ParkinsonsUKSco]

📢 Details of free virtual meeting for health and care professionals supporting ppl w/ Parkinsons on 5 Nov. All in @NHSLothian, @NHSBorders. @nhsfife, @NHSForthValley, @NHSTayside and @DGNHS welcome - Expect highly relevant content for all roles!
@ParkinsonsEN 👇

[Parkinson's UK Excellence Network @ParkinsonsEN]

On #AHPday, we're highlighting how valuable allied health professionals and multidisciplinary teams are to Parkinson's care.

@fionalindop shared how her team implemented an integrated rapid response service at @uhdbtrust.

Read the case study: https://t.co/Okmaa0T2rF

[Parkinson's UK Scotland @ParkinsonsUKSco]

Thank you @SharonDowey_ for choosing @nhsaaa Parkinson's nurse Nick Bryden as your @scotparl local hero. His work to help people with Parkinson's get their time critical medicines on time, every time when they're in hospital is hugely important #ScotParl25 #GetitonTime

[Parkinson's UK Scotland @ParkinsonsUKSco]

Important @NHSuk action to help ppl w/ Parkinson's in England get their vital - and time critical - meds on time in hospital.
NHS Scotland needs a similar programme - @scotgovhealth @NHSScotland @RPSScotland #GetitonTime
Read more from @Telegraph 👇
https://t.co/aC7y0PNGbI

[Parkinson's UK Excellence Network @ParkinsonsEN]

📢We've launched a brand new time critical medication awareness kit for hospitals!

Empower your patients and colleagues to make sure medication is given on time, with:
☑️Interactive posters
☑️Vibrant screensavers
☑️Social media graphics

Download the kit👉https://t.co/wuML7gnQgY

[Parkinson's UK Scotland @ParkinsonsUKSco]

Parkinson's nurses! There is still (just) time to apply for these posts!

[Parkinson's UK Excellence Network @ParkinsonsEN]

⚠️Closing soon⚠️

Join the Excellence Network's national Clinical Leadership Team!

We're looking for 2 UK-based Parkinson's #nurses with a passion for high quality multidisciplinary care for people with #Parkinsons.

Is that you? Find out more 👉https://t.co/5dCyTB8rGc

[Parkinson's UK Excellence Network @ParkinsonsEN]

Thank you to all those who attended our Scotland North Regional Event yesterday, both in person and virtually!

Great to have important discussions on how we can work collaboratively to help improve #Parkinsons services for people in the north of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Julie Jones @julie_physio]

This months @NoSPRIG podcast is now available. The lovely @AMHursey from @ParkinsonsEU talks about involving people with Parkinson's in research, and why this is important to research quality and development.
@ParkinsonsUK @CureParkinsonsT @ParkinsonsEN @ParkinsonsUKSco

[James Jopling @jamesjopling]

One of the many new physical activity programmes funded by @parkinsonsuk - you can find out more about what’s available to apply for in 2024 here
👉🏼 https://t.co/3m8p7JD1Jr.

[James Jopling @jamesjopling]

How excellent to spend a quality afternoon listening and learning from a brilliant range of @NHSGrampian in person and @NHSHighland and other professionals online from across the NHS spectrum of supporting people with #parkinsons. @julie_physio DEMANDED I take a photo….

[Parkinson's UK Excellence Network @ParkinsonsEN]

In response to feedback from @RCollEM members, @ParkinsonsUK has released a new Time Critical Medication sticker for emergency department teams to use on Parkinson's patients' notes.

A4 sheets of the stickers can be ordered for FREE here👉https://t.co/gxViNe0E7h

[Parkinson's UK Excellence Network @ParkinsonsEN]

Are you a therapist who recently started supporting people with #Parkinsons?

You can now register for our next therapist induction starting next month.

Learn about:
➡️the 4 stages of Parkinson's
➡️MDT interventions at each stage
and more.

Register here👉https://t.co/ral6qom7Ri

[James Jopling @jamesjopling]

I can’t tell you how proud I am for everyone in my team @ParkinsonsUKSco and @ParkinsonsUK who’ve been part of this story. And just as much of @HLHsocial and the wider community of people with Parkinson’s in the Highlands for being such physical activity stars 💙💙💙

[Richelle Flanagan 💚💚💚💚 @RichelleFlan]

Delighted to talk diet & PD with @HMellMac & @julie_physio for @NoSPRIG podcast. We talk about what a dietitian does, vitamins, gut issues, microbiome, probiotics & more. https://t.co/VqfVQqOwxH @trust_indi @BDA_Dietitians @efad_org @FionaLithander @WardyMw @hughes_cf

[Parkinson's UK Scotland @ParkinsonsUKSco]

Earlier this year we launched a major new report, which highlights that Scotland currently does not have enough Parkinson’s nurses. Today for #InternationalNursesDay we’re underlining our call for more Parkinson’s nurses. Check out the report here 👉 https://t.co/xqrJG68k4g

[Julie Jones @julie_physio]

This weekend is #InternationalNursesDay Parkinson's Specialist nurses are essential to the management of PwP. Massive shout out to some of my amazing PDNS colleagues from🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @NickBryden2004 Linda Patterson, Lorna Gilles, Shirley Catto, Kevin Bowers @ParkinsonsUKSco @ParkinsonsEN

[Julie Jones @julie_physio]

Delighted to see the qualitative paper on Parkinson's beats published in @MDPIOpenAccess This project was co-designed & co-authored with PwP😊 Thank you to @ParkinsonsUK for funding this project & to @ParkinsonsUKSco for all the support. @RGUHealthSci
https://t.co/yIQxhvDgq6

[James Jopling @jamesjopling]

How fantastic to be able to celebrate with two of the brilliant @NHSaaa team winning the @ParkinsonsEN award for innovation in practice award. Lovely to see an @NHSScotland project get such recognition #parkinsons