Our reference 2669

Date 17 May 1994

Dear Mr Bryson

Thank you for your letter of 7 April to the Department concerning your new initiative for the benefit of the elderly. I have been asked to reply.

I should like to point out that the provision of good quality care is at the heart of the Government's community care policy. One of the aims is to increase the range of choice of services available to elderly, disabled and other vulnerable people to enable them to achieve maximum independence and to live as normal a life as possible with dignity in their own homes or a homely setting in the community. We are therfore always interested to hear of services that might contribute to this aim.

I hope this is helpful.

Yours sincerely

O E AKINTUNDE
Community Services Division