内容摘要：Kaylea had been discharged from Powys council's Integrated Disability Service in 2017.

Kaylea had been discharged from Powys council's Integrated Disability Service in 2017.

Mr Telford added: "My voice is much stronger, my body is able to move more and I smile more. I didn’t notice that but other people would tell me."Having lived with Parkinson’s for two decades, he said he had become a "clock watcher", as he had to take multiple medications at different times.

However, due to the pump he is not as regimented to those strict timings anymore."It’s been quite an adjustment but it allows me to do more activities," he added."I can still cycle, I walked into my local Italian restaurant of 20 years and they said ‘wow what’s happened with you, what’s changed?' It must be noticeable".

In England, almost 1,000 people are eligible for the new treatment after it was made available on the NHS in February for people with advanced stages of the disease.It was approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), after successful clinical trials.

Mr Telford said he hoped it would go on to help others with advanced Parkinson’s, and he was hopeful , with more research, of a future cure.

"We need full tilt approach into finding a cure," he said.Representatives from Japan have visited the town to learn about the award-winning, community-led, blood pressure-check programme entitled 'How's The Ticker'.

Representatives from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government visited Barnsley to see first-hand how the scheme works.The initiative, launched in 2022, has delivered more than 8,000 free blood pressure checks across the borough, with the scheme popping up in barber shops, cafes, libraries and workplaces.

The Japanese delegation visited Barnsley to witness how the town uses local data to target residents who are most at risk of heart problems, and how public health teams are reaching people in familiar, everyday settings with schemes such as 'How's The Ticker'.They continue to urge employers in the area to take part in the scheme by hosting on-site health checks.