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Society for Endocrinology Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award 2022.

5th May 2022

Congratulations to Professor Karim Meeran who has won the SfE award for Outstanding Clinical Practitioner this year.  Prof Meeran  is Head of Speciality for Endocrinology at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust one of the highest… [Read More]

Parathyroid UK affiliated to ESE

23rd February 2022

We are delighted to inform you that Parathyroid UK is  now a Patient Advocacy Group Affiliate Member of the European Society of Endocrinology. This initiative is an important step which marks the change in attitudes… [Read More]

Our wish for 2022

31st December 2021

We wish you all a hopeful and healthy New Year. With a major national review of endocrinology management out recently and new guidelines on hypo- and hyperparathyroidism soon to be published as well as a… [Read More]

Parathyroid UK at BES 2021

15th November 2021

We were delighted that the study on which we collaborated  with Prof Turner, Dr Kiam and the Society for Endocrinology was accepted and duly presented at BES in Edinburgh, although we were sadly unable to… [Read More]

GIRFT Endocrinology Report

23rd September 2021

Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) is a national NHS programme designed to improve the treatment and care of patients. Each specialty undergoes a ‘deep dive’ review which examines it’s current services to see how… [Read More]

Summary of Covid-19 survey

24th June 2021

In November 2020, 530 of our members responded to a survey about their experiences to date with Covid-19 and the pandemic. Here is a report from surgeon Tom Kurzawinski about it and full results will… [Read More]

Presenting ‘The patient perspective on hypoparathyroidism’ to the eECE2021

23rd May 2021

“The Patient’s Voice – Where Patient Experience meets Clinical Science.” Watch the session here This year European Society for Endocrinology (ESE) created an exciting new initiative to allow Patient Groups to be further engaged with… [Read More]

Rare Disease Day 2021

28th February 2021

Hypoparathyroidism is one of many rare diseases. Today we support the annual Rare Disease Day held on the last day of February and join with everyone around the world to highlight the needs of patients… [Read More]

Christmas cards

22nd November 2020

Please support us by buying a pack of Christmas/Greetings cards. This year we bring you a beautiful painting of Holly by botanical artist William de Wilde * of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society in… [Read More]

Parathyroid UK attends the SfE BES online conference

22nd November 2020

No getting snowed- in in Harrogate as this year the SfE BES conference was held online and we set up our virtual ‘stand’ for delegates to visit. Liz Glenister and Mandy Mainland spent the week… [Read More]

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Coming soon… the annual official World Awareness Day campaign on 1st June brings together #hypoparathyroidism patients from around the world for our much loved 24 hour online global party. Bring it on! 🥳 pic.twitter.com/RAfk…

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Hormones are biological messengers that travel throughout the body, telling our cells and tissues what to do. Read our infographic and learn about their role. #BecauseHormonesMatter #EuropeanHormoneDay #endocrinology #AwarenessDays pic.twitter.com/k1fd…

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Happy Nurses Day to you wonderful people and a special shout out to all ENDOCRINE nurses everywhere and to nurses who are also patients living and working with a parathyroid condition. #NursesDay2022 pic.twitter.com/rMIt…

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