Initiatives to Address Management of Non-motor Symptoms
Parkinson's UK—the major UK-based patient charity—commissions an annual audit of Parkinson services. The 2011 report showed non-motor symptoms recorded in only 21% of elderly care and 9% of neurology services in the UK. This deficiency mainly relates to lack of time during consultation and also to not using self-declaration tools, which would allow patients to 'flag' symptoms. This outcome led to a national policy for data collection (motor and non-motor) of patients being referred to hospital.