A MUCH-LOVED consultant who has dedicated his life to helping people with Parkinson’s disease has received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his pioneering work.

Dr John Hindle, consultant physician for the care of the elderly, is the 2018 recipient of the British Geriatrics Society Marjory Warren Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr Hindle, who lives near Colwyn Bay, worked at Llandudno Hospital for 28 years up until his retirement this year and was responsible for setting up the first specialised Parkinson’s and Movement Disorder Clinic in Wales.

Although he was based at Llandudno Hospital he also carried out clinics and ward work at Dolgellau Hospital.

He also held clinics in Ysbyty Eryri in Caernarfon, and Ysbyty Penrhos Stanley in Holyhead.

Dr Hindle, who was a former clinical director for medicine for the North West Wales NHS Trust and later the clinical lead for neurosciences for Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board, said he was delighted to receive the award.

He said: “I am very honoured to receive this award and it is a great reflection on the work carried out by the team over the last 28 years.

“I’m very grateful to my colleagues in north Wales, we work as a team so I wouldn’t have been able to do what I have done without them.

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