§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what projects his Department instigated in respect of national continence week.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesHealth Promotion Wales, on behalf of the Welsh Office, arranged for a continence awareness campaign during the period 13 to 19 March 1994. This ran in parallel with a Department of Health campaign in England.
Leaflets and posters, for the attention of the general public, were distributed to health authorities, family health services authorities, community health councils, NHS premises, general practitioners' surgeries, pharmacies, social services departments, health promotion units and voluntary organisations.
Continence advisers in Wales ran local campaigns, the details of which are not held centrally.
A bilingual helpline, charging local call rates, will operate in Wales until the end of March.