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Kathryn Smith

Chief Executive Officer of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)

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press citations on 1 topic since 1 Oct 2024 · last quoted 31 Mar 2025

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Kathryn Smith: key facts

Kind of voice
Sector leader
Role
Chief Executive Officer of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
Tracked press citations
3
Most recently quoted
31 Mar 2025
First quoted
1 Oct 2024

04  The signal · where Kathryn Smith sits on adult social care & reform

Ranked 38= of 100 voices quoted in the press on adult social care & reform, level with 19 others on 3 citations.

Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.

  1. 1Professor Martin Green OBE portraitProfessor Martin Green OBESector leaderChief Executive, Care England53
  2. 2Caroline Abrahams portraitCaroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UK35
  3. 3Jane Townson portraitJane TownsonSector leaderChief Executive, Homecare Association28
  4. 38=Shauna WrightSector leaderLead Officer for Social Care in Scotland, Unite the Union3
  5. 38=Andrew CozensSector leaderindependent social care and health specialist3
  6. 38=Kathryn SmithSector leaderChief Executive Officer of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)3
  7. 58=Kirsty McHugh portraitKirsty McHughSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Carers Trust2
  8. 58=Michelle Dyson portraitMichelle DysonSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Alzheimer's Society2

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05  On the record · press

What Kathryn Smith has said

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  • carehomeprofessional.com2
  • lgcplus.com1

Where Kathryn Smith has been quoted

  1. 01Kathryn Smith: Social care needs a national prevention strategylgcplus.com · 31 Mar 2025
  2. 02SCIE responds to government’s Accelerating Reform Fund announcementcarehomeprofessional.com · 5 Dec 2024
  3. 03Expert panel of MPs and leaders discuss the future of social carecarehomeprofessional.com · 1 Oct 2024

Verbatim

“A national strategy would align social care, healthcare and housing policy”
chief executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence · Adult social care & reform · lgcplus.com · 31 Mar 2025 · Read the article
“SCIE is proud to have been appointed to provide hands-on support to local areas for the ARF. We're helping to identify issues and challenges and ensuring local authorities benefit from valuable shared learnings, peer support, and expert insights.”
chief executive at SCIE · Adult social care & reform · carehomeprofessional.com · 5 Dec 2024 · Read the article

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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 5 Oct 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.