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Parkinsons Disease Nurse Specialist @stgeorgestrust. Proud owner of Wilf, the Pug. Oh yes I have a husband and two offspring too!

Joined December 2009
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Register now to join me at The Festival of Genomics & Biodata at the end of January. Curious? Let me know what questions you’d love me to answer in my session. Registration is free for over 90% of the audience, click here to reserve your space hubs.la/Q02TptWZ0 #FOG2025
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Alison Leake retweeted
10 years of DBSNA! What an amazing 10 years it has been. Welcome to our anniversary conference. Back to where it all started #Sheffield #dbsna
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💬 “Everyone goes over and above to provide care, support and compassion, and I am treated personally and sensitively." Jessica is a patient at our Atkinson Morley Neuromuscular Centre - which today received a Centre of Excellence award from @MDUK_News. Congrats to the team 💙
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Alison Leake retweeted
Nurses, midwives, doctors and everyone in between: please join us in exploring the genetics of myotonic dystrophy in the @SEgenomics lunch & learn on 26/Jan/2024. It is free!!! eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunch-and…
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Congratulations to @FionaLindop, our Clinical Lead for Therapy for receiving an MBE in the #NewYearsHonours list for services to physiotherapy. 👏 Read more about Fiona's impact on the Parkinson's community, including her work with the us and @ParkinsonsUK bit.ly/3H1lXtt
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We wish you a #MerryChristmas 🎄🎅 Teams across St George's, Epsom, and St Helier Hospital Group are helping to deliver care today - 3879 of our colleagues are hard at work Thank you to our teams for all you do to deliver care to our patients 365 days a year #ThankYouNHS
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Thank you to each and every one of the 3,739 people who volunteer for @ParkinsonsUK! They have but their blood, sweat and tears into creating a thriving Parkinson's community and making things better for people with the condition. #ParkinsonsHeroes youtu.be/09ZhwGF7qjc?si=gsvO…
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Alison Leake retweeted
A reminder our ST1 ACF with NTN @STGNeurosurgery application is open for just another fortnight. Interviews next month. Starts August 2024 for a decade or so. @mrmikehart and I probably ready to retire and @neuralink #BCI possibly useful by then so good long term job prospects.
Applications open for our @NIHRresearch ACF in Functional Neurosurgery @StGeorgesUni on the theme of 'Digital' Job advert below: lnkd.in/exQmxhmP Full prospectus available at above link in Oriel or my own website under academia: mrmikehart.com 1/n
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Day 2 @DBSNA_UK conference kicks off in the beautiful venue of @downingcollege, Cambridge. It’s good to see all the delegates, speakers, patron and sponsors. @medtroniceu @BSCNeuromodEU @AbbottNews @ParkinsonsEN #Nursing #nurseleaders
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Wonderful opportunity has arisen at St George’s outpatient Neuro diagnostic services. We welcome clinical psychologists with some who are or keen to expand their Neuro experience and work towards their QiCN. We provide supervision for this. jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadv…
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Please kindly support and cascade this study by our wonderful @PamAppletonNMC exploring the the quality of life among SMA patients receiving disease-modifying therapies. @2tbueser @pablogarciareit @EmmaM_Channels @nn_neuro
A postgraduate Masters student at the University of Plymouth is exploring the impact of disease-modifying therapies on quality of life and daily activities in adults who have SMA. Find out more about the study & how to get involved 👉 rb.gy/pqxm6 @PamAppletonNMC
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Alison Leake retweeted
Couple of opinions about #DBS accuracy and surgery for movement disorders this month @STGNeurosurgery 1. Raising standards of accuracy in deep brain stimulation requires consistent definitions and unbiased reporting. @AbteenMostofi @mrmikehart @JNNP_BMJ jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/2…
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To celebrate #InternationalNursesDay, Russell Mills, DBS Nurse Specialist at the Royal Victoria Infirmary hospital in Newcastle, shared insights into his role and explains why he’d recommend a career specialising in DBS and #Parkinsons. Read the Q&A 👉 bit.ly/3NLLcoi
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Awesome day spent talking strategy & next steps for the @ParkinsonsEN #timecriticalmedication programme with the wonderful @jonny_acheson @AddisonClare @grace0g @samcarney15 @MaryEllmers @chewitt_claire @JeanAlmond2 and everyone else in the photo
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Parkinson's Nurse job opportunity 🚨 See the details below 👇
Fantastic Opportunity to work at Homerton as a Parkinson's Disease Research Nurse! Band 7, part-time, deadline 19-Apr-2023... so be quick @PDSA_HQ @ParkinsonsEN @ParkinsonsUK @UK_PD_CSG @NHSHomerton @acrt_homerton
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An exciting opportunity for a Lead Therapist in #Neurosciences - closes just before Christmas on 22/12! @StGeorgesTrust
An exciting opportunity to develop & lead the fabulous Neurosciences therapy team @StGeorgesTrust Take a look at this exciting role healthjobsuk.com/job/v485106… @ACPIN_UK @RCOT_NP @RCSLT @BDA_Dietitians Get in touch if you want to know more #neuroscience #neurorehab #righttorehab 💙
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Alison Leake retweeted
Genomics Awareness Day. Feel free to drop by to learn more about our fantastic Neurology Transformation Programme. #geneticsRN #genomics
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#mdscourse2022 Learning so much from this fabulous course led by @AlbertoEspay @franci_morgante @DrAlfonsoFasano
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