A PLAN has been drafted to spend up to £2.1m on improving the health and social care of an area's residents.

At a meeting of Middlesbrough Borough Council's cabinet today, Middlesbrough and Eston Primary Care Group will present its investment plan for 2002-2003.

Its sets out proposals for the further development of primary care in the Middlesbrough and Eston area following on from the care group's first plan, which was published in September 1999.

The new document, which takes into account the national plan, which was published in July 2000, focuses on areas like mental health and coronary heart disease.

It also sets out proposals to address diabetes and the health problems of older people