§ Mr. WyattTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make funding available to Age Concern to continue the bathing and footcare service for elderly people in Sittingbourne. [104658]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 24 March 2003]: Information from the strategic health authority is that funding for this service is provided within the overall service to older people.
Swale Primary Care Trust (PCT) provided Age Concern with funding of £24,189 in 2002–03 which included funding for the bathing and footcare service in the Sittingbourne area.
The Swale PCT have confirmed they will continue to fund the services in 2003.