03 Profile
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Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Adult social care & reform
Chris Babington: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Chris Babington
Director, Hervines Group
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 15 May 2026
02 Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics
Chris Babington: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Director, Hervines Group
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 18 May 2026
- First quoted
- 15 May 2026
04 The signal · where Chris Babington sits on hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Quoted
Quoted in the press on hospital discharge / bed-blocking.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Dr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)Leading
Caroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UKLeading- Colin PoolmanSector leaderexecutive director of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) ScotlandLeading
- Sarah BlackmoreSector leaderExecutive director of professional practice and external engagement, Social Work England
- Anna CiesielskaSector leaderDirector, Montpelier Estates
- Chris BabingtonSector leaderDirector, Hervines Group
- Sarah JenkinsCliniciandeputy medical director for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and lead for the service
- Evan BeswickSector leaderChief Officer of Argyll & Bute HSCP
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05 On the record · press
What Chris Babington has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- bbc.co.uk
- kentonline.co.uk
Where Chris Babington has been quoted
- Luxury care home to accept residents from Augustbbc.co.uk · 18 May 2026
- £15m luxury care home set to open at waterfront sitekentonline.co.uk · 15 May 2026
How we found the articles that name Chris Babington: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 topics
Adult social care & reform
- adult social care
- social care reform
- social care funding
- Casey Commission
- care cap
- Dilnot
- charging reform
- Care Act
Also searched with “adult social care” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Adult social care & reform
Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- hospital discharge
- delayed discharge
- bed blocking
- bed-blocking
- discharge to assess
- delayed transfers of care
- discharge delays
- step-down care
Also searched with “hospital discharge” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Verbatim
“We really look forward to delivering our vision to create a true sanctuary where people feel safe, valued, and at home.”
“We really look forward to delivering our vision to create a true sanctuary where people feel safe, valued, and at home.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
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- Head of major review warns “no one is in charge” of social careHome Care Insight
Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 5 Oct 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.