The countdown to the end of the PRIME RCT has started, with the final, 24-month research visits at the Remind Centre at Royal United Hospitals Bath now underway and continuing until May 2025. We’ll also be conducting some of the visits at participants’ homes, for those unable to make it to ReMind.

It’s a bittersweet time for the PRIME research team – both exciting in terms of gathering the final data that will enable us to answer our research questions, and sad to be leaving our wonderful participants who have selflessly given so much of their time and energy to the study.

For our active participants, the end of the trial means that they will return to their usual care, so our clinical team are busy conducting final reviews and preparing for handover.

It is difficult to express how enormously grateful we are to all of our participants, and how much we appreciate their dedication in completing some rather lengthy questionnaire booklets!

We look forward to seeing everyone over the coming months to wrap up their participation in the study.

The pictured participants kindly gave their consent for these photos to be shared.

Physical Acitvity Top Tips, Links and Resources!

Firstly, to understand how much exercise is recommended, and what this looks like, it may be helpful to read the NHS guidelines here:

• NHS General health & fitness guidelines for adults, including tips on how to achieve 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity a week
• Physical activity guidelines for older adults – NHS

To read more about exercising with Parkinson’s specifically have a look at these pages from Parkinson’s UK:

• Staying active at home with Parkinson’s: your toolkit | Parkinson’s UK
• Physical activity and exercise | Parkinson’s UK

Videos and links which might be helpful

Exercising at home with Parkinson’s

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Get up and Go guide!

The Benefits of HIIT for Parkinson’s – Joe Wicks Interview with Milly Khan at Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital

NHS Fitness advice for wheelchair users

Parkinsons UK Seated pilates for posture:

Parkinson’s UK and Reach Your Peak chair based workout:

The PRIME trial team recently reached another milestone, having completed all research visits for the 12-month (half-way) point of the trial. We’re really proud of all the hard work that the team have put in to these visits, both at the RICE Centre at RUH Bath (recently rebranded as the ReMind UK Centre) and at the homes of those unable to travel to the centre.

We are also hugely grateful to all of our wonderful participants for their time and patience with the visits. We’re looking forward to seeing as many as possible of them again at the 24-month visits from November!

We are delighted to announce that the PRIME Parkinson RCT has completed recruitment, reaching the target of 214 people with Parkinsonism. This is a huge achievement and the PRIME RCT team are excited to continue the trial over the next two years!

We hope this trial will provide vital insight on proactive and integrated care for people with Parkinson’s.

Read more about the Prime Parkinson RCT.

You can now view our latest research publications and outputs here