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Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Sector leader
Karen Hargan
Chief Executive of the Western Trust
Aug 2026Sept 2026Oct 2026Nov 2026to date
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Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 17 Aug 2026
02 Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics
Karen Hargan: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief Executive of the Western Trust
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 24 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 17 Aug 2026
04 The signal · where Karen Hargan sits on adult social care & reform
Quoted
Quoted in the press on adult social care & reform.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Professor Martin Green OBESector leaderChief Executive, Care EnglandLeading
Caroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UKLeading
Jane TownsonSector leaderChief Executive, Homecare AssociationLeading- Naomi DicksonSector leaderChief Executive of Norwood
- Richard FranklinSector leaderChief Executive of Kisharon Langdon
- Karen HarganSector leaderChief Executive of the Western Trust
- Rhidian HughesSector leaderCEO of the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG)
- Sebastian ReesSector leaderprincipal research fellow at the Institute For Public Policy Research
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05 On the record · press
What Karen Hargan has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- belfasttelegraph.co.uk
- fermanaghherald.com
- impartialreporter.com
Where Karen Hargan has been quoted
- Fresh call to overhaul domiciliary care paymentsfermanaghherald.com · 24 Sept 2026
- Councillor says Direct Payment Scheme is ‘not a solution’ for homecare usersimpartialreporter.com · 16 Sept 2026
- NI health trusts accelerate drive to cut agency staff usebelfasttelegraph.co.uk · 17 Aug 2026
How we found the articles that name Karen Hargan: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 topics
Adult social care & reform
- 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
NHS & care workforce/staffing
- NHS workforce
- staff shortages
- nursing shortage
- nurse recruitment
- care workforce
- care worker pay
- social care workforce
- NHS long term workforce plan
Also searched with “NHS workforce” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for NHS & care workforce/staffing
Verbatim
“Many clients and their families welcome the option of Direct Payments, and it works well for them.”
“Promotes Direct Payments for clients as both an alternative to domiciliary care and when there are problems sourcing care. Many clients and their families welcome the option of Direct Payments, and it works well for them.”
“the current level of agency use is simply not sustainable, financially or from a workforce perspective”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
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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.