03 Profile
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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Elderly care & frailty
James Townsend: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
James Townsend
Chief executive and co-founder, Mobilise
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press citations on 2 topics since 27 Oct 2026 · last quoted 27 Oct 2026
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James Townsend: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief executive and co-founder, Mobilise
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 27 Oct 2026
04 The signal · where James Townsend sits on elderly care & frailty
Ranked 50= of 100 voices quoted in the press on elderly care & frailty, level with 50 others on 1 citation.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Caroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UK7 - 2
Professor Victoria Tzortziou BrownClinicianChair of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)6 - 3
Nadra AhmedSector leaderExecutive Co-Chairman, National Care Association5 - 50=Professor Daisy FancourtAcademicProfessor investigating arts and health1
- 50=David FloodClinicianFormer nurse, acute hospital during Covid1
- 50=James TownsendSector leaderChief executive and co-founder, Mobilise1
- 50=John ToddAcademicProfessor of precision medicine at the University of Oxford1
- 50=Chris ToddAcademicProfessor of primary care and community health, University of Manchester1
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 50=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What James Townsend has said
By outlet · linked articles
- aol.co.uk1
- theguardian.com1
Where James Townsend has been quoted
- 01Lack of a 'protective ring' around care homes meant our loved ones died of Covidtheguardian.com · 27 Oct 2026
- 02Lack of a 'protective ring' around care homes meant our loved ones died of Covid - AOLaol.co.uk · 27 Oct 2026
Verbatim
“What is missing is a deadline and someone accountable for meeting it.”
“When ministers respond to this report, they should add the recommendation it lacks: that everyone caring for someone they love can be found, told what help exists and offered a break, well before the next pandemic arrives.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
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- Brighton and Hove residents asked for views on adult care | The Argustheargus.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.