Mike Padgham: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- chair of North Yorkshire's Independent Care Group
- Quoted on
- Care home closures & provider failure, Adult social care & reform, Elderly care & frailty
- Tracked press citations
- 10
- Most recently quoted
- 26 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“"My concern is that financial pressures are determining the shape of social care without a clear plan for its future. We should be shaping provision around people's needs, rather than leaving it to emerge from a struggle for financial survival."”
What Mike Padgham has said
“Jacqueline Kitchen, a care worker who submitted a written statement to the Covid Inquiry and Mike Padgham, Chair of the Independent Care Group spoke on BBC Breakfast.”
Chair of the Independent Care Group · Adult social care & reform · 24 Oct 2026 · STREAMING DRAFT SESSION - DUPLICATE THIS ↗
“people can't wait any longer to get a better deal on care”
chair of North Yorkshire's Independent Care Group · Adult social care & reform · 4 Oct 2026 · 'People can't wait': Andy Burnham told to act on social care within weeks not years ↗
“Andy Burnham is a northerner who knows what care means to families in communities. His first conference as Prime Minister is the moment to show that social care is a priority, not an afterthought. My door in North Yorkshire is still open – I'd ask him, and Yvette Cooper, to come and see the reality for themselves.”
Executive Chairman of the St Cecilia's Care Group and Honorary President of the Independent Care Group · Adult social care & reform · 4 Oct 2026 · Yorkshire care boss takes his message to The Labour Party Conference - “Don’t condemn a whole sector as profiteers” ↗
“If the Prime Minister truly wants to deliver lasting change and create a legacy his government can be proud of, then social care reform must be at the very heart of it”
Honorary President of Independent Care Group · Adult social care & reform · 30 Sept 2026 · ‘Prime Minister must make social care reform the legacy of this government’, says ICG ↗
“A massive part of the cost of a week's care goes on keeping the care home running and paying the staff. We want to pay them better, but it involves some compromises further on if we're going to do that.”
Chair of the Independent Care Group · Elderly care & frailty · 30 Sept 2026 · How a care home resident's weekly fees are spent ↗
“Let's try and cut the bureaucracy, which is making things worse for the people in care.”
Chair of the Independent Care Group · Adult social care & reform · 30 Sept 2026 · Family urges PM to see social care firsthand ↗
“At a time when North Yorkshire Council, like other local authorities, is under significant financial pressure, it is essential to consider whether this investment is necessary, particularly when independent care providers could deliver these hubs more efficiently.”
Chair of the Independent Care Group · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · Providers call on council to rethink dementia hubs plan ↗
“We were told care homes were protected and they weren't. We were left to cope with discharges from hospitals without testing, without proper PPE, and without the support we desperately needed. If this Inquiry does anything, it must ensure that this never happens again.”
Chair of the Independent Care Group · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · Government’s approach to care homes resulted in ‘generational slaughter’ Covid Inquiry hears ↗
“This is not only a social crisis – it is an economic one. Social care is not a burden. It is a major economic asset, sustaining communities and enabling millions of people to remain in work.”
Honorary President of the Independent Care Group (ICG) · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · ICG leader calls for urgent government action to stabilise care sector ↗
Where Mike Padgham has been quoted
- “Care market must be shaped around people’s needs” warns care leadercarehomeprofessional.com · 26 Oct 2026
- STREAMING DRAFT SESSION - DUPLICATE THISbbc.co.uk · 24 Oct 2026
- 'People can't wait': Andy Burnham told to act on social care within weeks not yearsyorkshirepost.co.uk · 4 Oct 2026
- Yorkshire care boss takes his message to The Labour Party Conference - “Don’t condemn a whole sector as profiteers”carehomeprofessional.com · 4 Oct 2026
- ‘Prime Minister must make social care reform the legacy of this government’, says ICGcarehomeprofessional.com · 30 Sept 2026
- How a care home resident's weekly fees are spentbbc.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Family urges PM to see social care firsthandbbc.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Providers call on council to rethink dementia hubs plancarehomeprofessional.com · 8 Sept 2026
- Government’s approach to care homes resulted in ‘generational slaughter’ Covid Inquiry hearscarehomeprofessional.com · 8 Sept 2026
- ICG leader calls for urgent government action to stabilise care sectorcarehomeprofessional.com · 8 Sept 2026
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