PARKINSON'S Disease patients in Redditch will soon benefit from two specially qualified nurses.
Nearly 20 nurses in the county will start training funded by the Parkinson's Disease Society.
Two nurses will then be recruited to help the 32 Parkinson's Disease patients in Redditch and Bromsgrove.
Arthur Burgess, secretary of the Parkinson's Disease Society of Worcestershire, said: "We have, after a long uphill struggle got the NHS to help people with the disease."
Sue Warner, of Redditch Primary Care Group, said: "The course will help the nurses understand how to help not just the people with the disease but families and carers as well."
The news marks a successful start for newly appointed welfare visitor Elizabeth Miller, who has been working in the town since April.
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