Kathryn Marsden: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief Executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
- Quoted on
- Adult social care & reform
- Tracked press citations
- 5
- Most recently quoted
- 4 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 8 Sept 2026
“I am leaving SCIE incredibly proud of what we have been able to achieve together over the last six years. Being SCIE's chief executive has been a great privilege—affording me the opportunity to shape the future of social care for the better and to speak truth to power.”
What Kathryn Marsden has said
“The report provides further evidence that rising demand, escalating needs, and intense financial pressures—including significant overspends and savings requirements—are forcing local authorities to prioritise crisis management over early intervention in social care.”
Chief Executive of Social Care Institute for Excellence · Adult social care & reform · 30 Sept 2026 · Social care packages for young adults with complex needs soar by 30% ↗
“Every day, people are being deprived of their liberty without legal authority, often because the system to protect them is overwhelmed or misunderstood. This creates a profound risk of human rights breaches, particularly for people with learning disabilities, autism, dementia, or long-term mental health conditions.”
Chief executive of SCIE · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · Two-thirds of CQC reports reveal deprivation of liberty failures ↗
“We welcome the major changes to safeguarding and protections under the proposed Liberty Protection Safeguards. Implementation has stalled for five years against a backdrop of rising demand and escalating consequences; over 332,000 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards applications were made in 2023/24, with only 19% completed within the 21-day legal requirement—and many people waiting over a year for completion. The Government's announcement is a vital step towards addressing the unsustainable pressures we have consistently highlighted.”
Chief Executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · “Inaction only deepens injustice”: SCIE reacts to proposed Liberty Protection Safeguards ↗
“Unless there is sufficient capacity in community-based social care to support people recovering at home, the logjam will persist, and 'corridor care' will remain a reality.”
Chief executive, Social Care Institute for Excellence · Adult social care & reform · 27 Aug 2026 · Don’t leave social care out of the equation | Letters ↗
Where Kathryn Marsden has been quoted
- The Social Care Institute for Excellence’s CEO, Kathryn Marsden OBE, announces departurecarehomeprofessional.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Social care packages for young adults with complex needs soar by 30%learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Two-thirds of CQC reports reveal deprivation of liberty failureslgcplus.com · 8 Sept 2026
- “Inaction only deepens injustice”: SCIE reacts to proposed Liberty Protection Safeguardscarehomeprofessional.com · 8 Sept 2026
- Don’t leave social care out of the equation | Letterstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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