As a member of the Alzheimer's Society and a trustee of ARDIS, a local charity that supports people with dementia in Bevendean and the Towner Club, Kemp Town, I agree with Jane Launchbury (Letters, March 4) about the personal care needs of those with dementia.

It is an issue I have taken up several times with the Secretary of State for Health on behalf of individual constituents and the local AS branch. On January 20 in the House of Commons I met national representatives of the Alzheimer's Society

to explore how we can influence

the Department of Health on this important issue.

Labour and Co-operative MP

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