Parkinson's Disease: Accident and Emergency Departments

(asked on 18th April 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the level of avoidable A&E admissions of people with Parkinson's disease in (a) the area of the South West London Integrated Care System and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 26th April 2023

No specific estimate has been made. Once diagnosed, and with a management strategy in place, the majority of people with Parkinson’s disease can be cared for through routine access to primary and secondary care.

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