The PDS has staff based throughout the UK, divided into three regions, north, central and south. They liaise with local health care providers and PDS branches, and promote the PDS's welfare, education, research, and fundraising work. Some of the field staff are involved in providing training for health and social care professionals. In 1995 the Scottish Resource, an office of the PDS based in Glasgow, was opened. There are 230 PDS branches throughout the UK, all run entirely by volunteers.
Branches offer help, advice, mutual support, and social and fundraising activities.
Many branches have Welfare Visitors, who may visit you in your home. The PDS has two information officers who provide advice and support to people from different ethnic groups. Some of the Society's publications are available in Urdu, Punjabi, and Cantonese, and we hope to expand the range of resources we offer in the future. The Information Department responds to queries from people with Parkinson's, their families and friends, and the professionals who care for them, please see publications section . The Parkinson is the PDS's newsletter for members, published four times a year.