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Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Unpaid carers
Debra Blakey: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Debra Blakey
Chief executive of Carers Northumberland
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press citations on 1 topic since 10 Apr 2026 · last quoted 12 Apr 2026
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Debra Blakey: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief executive of Carers Northumberland
- Quoted on
- Unpaid carers
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 12 Apr 2026
- First quoted
- 10 Apr 2026
04 The signal · where Debra Blakey sits on unpaid carers
Ranked 32= of 100 voices quoted in the press on unpaid carers, level with 40 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
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Helen WalkerSector leaderChief Executive, Carers UK88 - 2
Emily HolzhausenSector leaderDirector of Policy and Public Affairs, Carers UK84 - 3
Kirsty McHughSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Carers Trust41 - 32=Leo ViscontiSector leaderCarers Trust2
- 32=Joleen CunninghamSector leaderPublic affairs manager, Carers NI2
- 32=Debra BlakeySector leaderChief executive of Carers Northumberland2
- 32=Pam BurkeSector leaderCEO, Enfield Carers Centre2
- 32=Sue ClasperClinicianGP at Hadrian Health Centre, Wallsend; leads on frailty for Wallsend Primary Care Network2
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 32=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Debra Blakey has said
By outlet · linked articles
- chroniclelive.co.uk1
- northumberlandgazette.co.uk1
Where Debra Blakey has been quoted
- 01North East children as young as four acting as young carers | Chronicle Livechroniclelive.co.uk · 12 Apr 2026
- 02Children in Northumberland as young as four acting as young carersnorthumberlandgazette.co.uk · 10 Apr 2026
Verbatim
“Under-reporting is endemic. People often don't identify themselves as carers – the number could be significantly higher.”
“Under-reporting is endemic. People often don't identify themselves as carers – the number could be significantly higher.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
- Inverclyde carers invited to rights day afternoon tea | Greenock Telegraphgreenocktelegraph.co.uk
- Celebrating South Ayrshire's young carers at cAyrFest 2026 - Daily Recorddailyrecord.co.uk
- BCP Carers Rights Day 2026 event taking place on November 17 | Bournemouth Echobournemouthecho.co.uk
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 12 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.