HEALTH workers and volunteers are being given the chance to win £3,000 to improve services for patients.

Bexley Community Health Council (CHC) has been given the cash by Bexley and Greenwich Health Authority.

Now, the CHC is inviting nominations for either NHS or non-NHS workers, who will win money to spend on improving services.

Among last year's winners were Queen Mary's Sidcup Trust, which won £1,400 towards the cost of refurbishment; Age Concern, which received £500 to buy five portable footstools for the Mobile Nail Clipping Unit; and MIND in Bexley, which received £500 to fund the revision and update of the Managing Your Mental Health directory.

Application forms can be requested from Bexley CHC on 020 8301 0920.

Forms have to be in by Monday, March 19.