HTHelen Thompson — no licensed photograph is available, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.

Sector leader

Helen Thompson

co-owner of Ochre Care, which runs two private homes in North Yorkshire

Press citations

1

Topic

1

Adult social care & reform

Last quoted

Sept 2026

Helen Thompson: key facts

Kind of voice
Sector leader
Role
co-owner of Ochre Care, which runs two private homes in North Yorkshire
Quoted on
Adult social care & reform
Press citations held
1
Most recently quoted
30 Sept 2026

“They may need help changing, dressing, eating their meals - and that's all one-to-one care provided sometimes by two members of staff. We absolutely have capacity to take people in, but there can be so many hold-ups and things that prevent you from doing it in a timely way.”

Where Helen Thompson has been quoted

  1. Funding shortfalls delay hospital discharges - Selby care bossbbc.com · 30 Sept 2026

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