Mike Padgham: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chair of the Independent Care Group
- Quoted on
- Adult social care & reform
- Press citations held
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 8 Sept 2026
“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.”
What Mike Padgham has said
“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
- 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
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.
- What the Homecare Association wants to see from an Andy Burnham governmentHome Care Insight
- EDITORIAL VIEW: Social care leadership is a discipline in its own rightHome Care Insight
- Care workers invited to share experiencesLaingBuisson News
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