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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Adult social care & reform
Mary Cridge: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Mary Cridge
CQC's director of adult social care
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press citations on 1 topic since 17 Jul 2026 · last quoted 12 Aug 2026
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Mary Cridge: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- CQC's director of adult social care
- Quoted on
- Adult social care & reform
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 12 Aug 2026
- First quoted
- 17 Jul 2026
04 The signal · where Mary Cridge 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.
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Professor Martin Green OBESector leaderChief Executive, Care England53 - 2
Caroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UK35 - 3
Jane TownsonSector leaderChief Executive, Homecare Association28 - 38=Amerdeep ClarkeSector leaderLocal Government and Social Care Ombudsman3
- 38=Stuart GrahamSector leaderUNISON social work convener3
- 38=Mary CridgeSector leaderCQC's director of adult social care3
- 38=Robin MillerAcademicProfessor, Principal Investigator, University of Birmingham3
- 38=Daniel Carmel-BrownSector leaderChief executive, Jewish Care3
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 38=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Mary Cridge has said
By outlet · linked articles
- bbc.co.uk1
- bbc.com1
- devonlive.com1
Where Mary Cridge has been quoted
- 01Trafford Council's adult social care 'requires improvement' - CQCbbc.com · 12 Aug 2026
- 02Devon adult care service missed out on 'good' rating by just 1%devonlive.com · 23 Jul 2026
- 03Devon adult social care told to improve amid long waits - BBC Newsbbc.co.uk · 17 Jul 2026
Verbatim
“found several areas where the local authority needed to make improvements to ensure people had good access to the adult social care and the support they needed”
“While we found a number of strengths, our assessment also identified areas where people's experiences need to improve”
“Devon County Council serves a large, predominantly rural county with a rapidly ageing population, and the pressures this creates are reflected across its adult social care system. While we found a number of strengths, our assessment also identified areas where people's experiences need to improve.”
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