Help! Need second opinion! But by who??

Hiya

My father was diagnosed with borderline parkinson in 2016 and when looking through letters the doctors after that ran with it and tried all different medication on him over the last 6 years. He doesn’t have any of the symptoms after looking into parkinsons symptoms. He is getting worse in terms of losing weight and cannot eat and muscle wasting away. He doesn’t have any shakes or anything but due to just sitting and watching TV 11 hours a day and not being able to feed himself but can do everything else he is wasting away. Its like since he was told he has borderline parkinson and now parkinson they say…he doesn’t do anything .

We want to get a second opinion but we don’t know where to start.

I want to know the following:

  1. Need a list of neurologists who are the best in this area for 2nd opinion
  2. Need to know if I can access them privately
  3. Costs involved

Please can someone guide me. We don’t want to go to private hospitals in Leicestershire as the NHS neurologist consultants we have seen all work for spire, bupa and nuffield as well as the NHS hospital on Leicestershire.

Hi MiaK,
We’re sorry to hear about your father’s struggles of late. We wanted to welcome you to the forum and we wanted you to know we have a free and confidential helpline at 0808 800 0303, staffed with friendly advisers with access to a range of helpful resources, including assistance organizations in your area. We would encourage you to call them as they are eager and happy to help.
Best wishes,
Jason
Mod Team