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There are 850,000 people with dementia in the UK, according to Alzheimer’s Society. There will be over one million people with it by 2025, and two million by 2051.

A man who suffered four cardiac arrests and stopped breathing 22 times on the operating table has shared what he thinks the NHS needs to do to make care better for people with heart and lung conditions.

It’s difficult to take charge of your health and make good use of the support available when services don’t communicate with you in a way you can understand.

Ben Keyte, who has lived with mental health conditions for the last 20 years, is encouraging people to share their views about how NHS care should improve.

To help the NHS meet the huge and growing demand for its services, it needs to give people greater control over their health and the way they access support.

Around 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health condition every year, according to Mind.