HC Deb 03 July 1990 vol 175 cc542-3W
85. Mr. Andrew Bowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to encourage preventive health care for older people.

Mr. Dorrell

The Government fund the Health Education Authority, which is committed to the promotion of good health in old age and ensure that all its relevant programmes address the health education needs of elderly people. In addition, the Department funds a number of voluntary organisations under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968, which in various ways promote the physical and mental well-being of the elderly.

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