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Academic
Chris Balch
Professor, board chairman of the Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 23 Mar 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Chris Balch: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Professor, board chairman of the Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Quoted on
- Adult social care & reform
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Mar 2026
- First quoted
- 23 Mar 2026
04 On the record · press
What Chris Balch has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- devonlive.com
Where Chris Balch has been quoted
- Health chiefs pull plug on Torbay adult social care partnership | Devon Livedevonlive.com · 30 Mar 2026
- Council leader's anger over NHS meeting snubdevonlive.com · 23 Mar 2026
How we found the articles that name Chris Balch: we searched news for these terms.
- 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
Verbatim
“Adult social care is the largest single item of deficit we have. This has been a very difficult and challenging decision.”
“Thursday's board meeting is a meeting in public, and not a public meeting, but our partners' views will be considered before a decision is made.”
Related media coverage
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