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Welcome to the Derby Parkinson's Disease website. The site is for people with Parkinson's and their carers, and for health professionals.

The Derby Parkinson's Disease Team has won the Hospital Doctor Parkinson's Team of the Year Award 2007. Click here to find out more.

Derby Parkinson's Disease Team has won Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust Team of the Year Award 2011.

National Parkinson Foundation Centre of Excellence. The NPF has named Derby Parkinson's Team with the University of Nottingham a centre of excellence, one of only two such centres in the UK.

Local Services for Parkinson's Disease are described. These include:

• The Movement Disorder Clinic led by Dr Nin Bajaj, Consultant Neurologist;
• The Multidisciplinary Parkinson's Disease Clinic led by Dr Rob Skelly, Consultant Physician;
• The Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine led by Prof Chris Ward
• Community hospital Parkinson's services provided by Derbyshire County PCT and led by Dr Skelly.
• Parkinson's Disease Society local branch

General information and advice about Parkinson's Disease is also included. Topics include:

• What is Parkinson's Disease?
• Drug treatments
• The role of exercise and diet
• Parkinson's Disease research
• Driving
• What causes Parkinson's Disease?