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All About Primary Hyperparathyroidism – a webinar for patients

4th July 2023

You are warmly invited to attend our first webinar on Primary Hyperparathyroidism to be held on Thursday July 6th 2023 at 8pm -9pm  followed by an interactive Q&A. You will need to register before the… [Read More]

Hypoparathyroidism information webinar

6th June 2023

You are warmly invited to attend our first webinar entitled ‘Hypoparathyroidism: Information Update 2023’ to be held on June 8th at 8pm BST followed by an interactive Q&A.   Here is the link to register… [Read More]

New survey: Symptom management in hypoparathyroidism

31st May 2023

We are delighted to invite you to take part in this excellent survey looking at symptom management in people with hypoparathyroidism. It aims to compare symptoms in people who take calcium supplements and those who… [Read More]

ECE2023 Report

22nd May 2023

We attended the ECE2023 in Istanbul virtually this year and were very pleased to see parathyroid conditions so well represented. We report the main sessions below.   In the first Meet the Expert session Professor… [Read More]

Endocrine Academy Report

12th May 2023

This week Parathyroid UK attended the Society for Endocrinology’s Clinical update training programme for recently appointed consultants in diabetes and endocrinology. It provides an update on current clinical practice and offers delegates an unparalleled opportunity… [Read More]

SfE National Clinical Cases 2023

28th March 2023

On Friday 24th March we attended the Society of Endocrinology National Clinical Cases at the RSM in London. This is a training day for endocrinologists who have the chance to showcase their work in the… [Read More]

NIFTy trial now recruiting for people having thyroid surgery

7th February 2023

The NIFTy trial is now recruiting in several hospitals around the UK until 31/12/2023. It is open to people who are having total thyroid surgery, to remove the whole thyroid, or completion surgery to remove… [Read More]

Conference Reports 2022

29th November 2022

Society for Endocrinology (SfE) Endocrine Academy Birmingham, April 2022 Jane & Steve Compton Jane writes: We had a brisk and busy first day with lots of interest in our leaflets and our poster below: ‘How… [Read More]

Hypopara Patient Forum summary

3rd November 2022

The European Society for Endocrinology (ESE) have produced an excellent poster summarising data from the 1st Hypoparathyroidism Patient Forum – summary, a major global event which was held online in March and presented by patient… [Read More]

National audit on hypopara published

2nd November 2022

Our national audit on the management of chronic hypoparathyroidism is now out now in print, in the latest issue of Clinical Endocrinology. Findings show a clear need for improvement, supporting the findings of the GIRFT… [Read More]

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