An NHS service supporting people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire faces a funding cut from next year, Kensington and Chelsea councillors have heard. The Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service offers therapies and support groups to survivors, bereaved families and the wider community — and no service has been confirmed beyond 2029.

NHS England committed £50 million to the community's recovery in 2018, which funded the service. NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board (ICB), which funds the service, has bid for £1.8 million to continue it, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. The ICB said no decisions had been made and existing support remained in place.

Councillors called for long-term funding for the service ahead of the fire's 10th anniversary. Lucy Knight, the council's lead member for adult social care and public health, said no one should be left worrying about whether their care would still be there. A cross-party motion asked the council to tell the ICB and the local NHS trust that survivors and the bereaved remained a top priority, and to urge NHS England to confirm long-term funding.

Representatives of the ICB and Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the service, will attend a council scrutiny meeting in December. In a September update, the service said support would not simply stop, and the ICB said its priority was making sure future arrangements met the needs of those affected.

The fire in June 2017 killed 72 people. The Crown Prosecution Service has said it will make charging decisions before the 10th anniversary on 14 June 2027.