"Parkinson's medication for hospital patients"

My husband suffers with Parkinson's and dementia, he is in a care home. Just before Christmas he had a fall and hit his head badly, he was not responding so he was taken to Basildon A&E. I met him there. He had a CT scan which I was told was normal but they wanted to admit him to keep an eye on him. He was transferred to a ward in the early evening.

Parkinson's patients require their medication at strictly regular intervals. My husband's medication is supplied to the care home by the pharmacy already dosed up in a large A4 size blister pack. Most hospitals will not use these packs. I pleaded with staff throughout the day to give him his Parkinson's tablets, to be told that they were not available but had been requested.

The Parkinson's nurse visited him and gave him a slow release patch saying that it would not kick in for several hours. My husband was finally given his vital medication the following evening, being nearly two days without it. During that period his symptoms had become so severe that I had to use all my strength to hold him as the tremors and shaking got worse and worse. No reason or excuse was given as to why the medication was not made available.

Parkinson's patients will know what all this means. I am sorry to report that my husband has not yet made a recovery from the awful situation he was in through not being given his medication while in hospital. Hospitals need to be aware of the vital need for Parkinson's patients to be given their medication at exactly the right time.