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Sector leader
Dennis Reed
Director, Silver Voices campaign group
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press citations on 2 topics since 18 Feb 2026 · last quoted 31 Aug 2026
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Dennis Reed: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Director, Silver Voices campaign group
- Tracked press citations
- 8
- Most recently quoted
- 31 Aug 2026
- First quoted
- 18 Feb 2026
04 The signal · where Dennis Reed sits on adult social care & reform
Ranked 23= of 100 voices quoted in the press on adult social care & reform, level with 1 other on 7 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- Elderly care & frailty44= of 100
- 1
Professor Martin Green OBESector leaderChief Executive, Care England53 - 2
Caroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UK35 - 3
Jane TownsonSector leaderChief Executive, Homecare Association28 - 22
Emily HolzhausenSector leaderDirector of Policy and Public Affairs, Carers UK8 - 23=
Sarah WoolnoughThink tankChief Executive, The King's Fund7 - 23=Dennis ReedSector leaderDirector, Silver Voices campaign group7
- 25=Andrea EganSector leaderUNISON general secretary6
- 25=Jackie O'SullivanSector leaderdirector of strategy and influence at the learning disability charity Mencap6
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 23=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Dennis Reed has said
By outlet · linked articles
- express.co.uk4
- aol.co.uk3
- bbc.com1
Where Dennis Reed has been quoted
- 01Andy Burnham urged 'act now' as 250,000 older people die waiting for social careexpress.co.uk · 31 Aug 2026
- 02AI will not solve cash crisis for UK councils, warn expertsbbc.com · 20 Aug 2026
- 03NHS must plan for heatwaves like winter crises to protect frail and vulnerable, Yvette Cooper says - AOLaol.co.uk · 12 Aug 2026
- 04Andy Burnham to unveil huge social care crisis plan after facing horror new figures - AOLaol.co.uk · 28 Jul 2026
- 05Andy Burnham to unveil social care crisis plan after facing huge blowexpress.co.uk · 28 Jul 2026
- 06Andy Burnham issued warning over bombshell 'death tax' - AOLaol.co.uk · 26 Jul 2026
- 07Andy Burnham told to unveil plans within days of becoming PMexpress.co.uk · 13 Jul 2026
- 08Fury as Keir Starmer's pledge to solve social care crisis backfiresexpress.co.uk · 18 Feb 2026
Verbatim
“Anything less than free social care on the same basis as the NHS will retain all the current problems and inequities, and English pensioners will remain worse off than older people in the rest of the UK.”
“What potential social care clients need at first contact is a sympathetic human voice, not a robotic answering machine.”
“Extreme heat should be treated with the same vigour as extreme cold, unfortunately it is not.”
“Hospital wards are currently filled with unhappy older people, deteriorating fast in expensive hospital beds when there is no need for intensive medical intervention; they could be thriving in familiar surroundings at home with the right social care support. Don't bottle it, Andy.”
“Hospital wards are currently filled with unhappy older people, deteriorating fast in expensive hospital beds when there is no need for intensive medical intervention; they could be thriving in familiar surroundings at home with the right social care support.”
“[We] need action, not more warm words on social care. A bold first step would be to order Baroness Casey to scrap her ridiculously elongated timetable for the Commission and come up with recommendations and options by the end of the year, which could then be discussed with all opposition parties with a view to reaching consensus. If consensus could not be reached, Labour should legislate reforms in this Parliament.”
“Like many other Labour policies, reform of social care is in chaotic limbo, and Andy Burnham must clarify his approach within days of taking office.”
“We've had enough of the procrastination on social care. Baroness Casey needs to have her contract terminated, the Civil Service team supporting her needs to be disbanded, and Wes Streeting needs to start caring about the other half of his health and social care portfolio.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
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- Frodsham home care service seeks gifts to combat loneliness | Chester and District Standardchesterstandard.co.uk
- Brighton and Hove residents asked for views on adult care | The Argustheargus.co.uk
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