Natasha Curry: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- deputy director of policy for health and social care think tank Nuffield Trust
- Quoted on
- Adult social care & reform, Care home closures & provider failure, Elderly care & frailty, NHS & care workforce/staffing
- Tracked press citations
- 7
- Most recently quoted
- 4 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 8 Sept 2026
“It is right to recognise that the NHS and social care are deeply interconnected, but the case for fixing social care extends far beyond protecting the NHS. There is a moral imperative to ensure older and disabled people can live independently with dignity, and a compelling economic case too.”
What Natasha Curry has said
“The Prime Minister is absolutely right to try to call the country and political parties together in a conversation about social care. This is everyone's business, whether it touches you, your family, or the people you live around, and the current state of affairs is completely unacceptable.”
Deputy Director of Policy, Nuffield Trust · Adult social care & reform · 4 Oct 2026 · Nuffield Trust response to Prime Minister's speech on social care reform ↗
“Staffing costs made up around 70pc of a care home's expenses. She estimated that increases to National Insurance and the Living Wage had added 10pc to their bills.”
Nuffield Trust, an independent health and social care think tank · Care home closures & provider failure · 30 Sept 2026 · Care homes evict 6,500 residents as providers struggle ↗
“To have a Prime Minister bringing this much passion and commitment to reforming social care is hopeful after decades of neglect.”
Deputy Director of Policy at Nuffield Trust · Elderly care & frailty · 30 Sept 2026 · Proposed national care service ‘utterly essential’ to securing NHS future, says Burnham ↗
“Many employers are so financially squeezed that suddenly requiring guaranteed hours and additional rights without support could push some into bankruptcy.”
deputy director of policy for health and social care think tank Nuffield Trust · NHS & care workforce/staffing · 8 Sept 2026 · UK Employment Rights Bill: What will it mean for nurses? ↗
“The funding is a "bear trap" that "will not arrive until 2028 and will need to come from funds already needed to keep social care afloat and meet the needs of the people that rely on it". The spending pressures on social care cannot be overstated: the extra needed this year for additional employers national insurance contributions more than wipes out this £500m.”
Deputy director of research, Nuffield Trust · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · £500m social care fair pay agreement branded a ‘bear trap’ ↗
“With time ticking for this government, the commission needs to act quickly and build on the momentum for change.”
deputy director of policy, Nuffield Trust · Adult social care & reform · 27 Aug 2026 · Louise Casey: England’s social care system faces ‘moment of reckoning’ ↗
Where Natasha Curry has been quoted
- Nuffield Trust response to Prime Minister's comment that "NHS will collapse" without social care reformnuffieldtrust.org.uk · 4 Oct 2026
- Nuffield Trust response to Prime Minister's speech on social care reformnuffieldtrust.org.uk · 4 Oct 2026
- Care homes evict 6,500 residents as providers struggletelegraph.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Proposed national care service ‘utterly essential’ to securing NHS future, says Burnhampulsetoday.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- UK Employment Rights Bill: What will it mean for nurses?nursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
- £500m social care fair pay agreement branded a ‘bear trap’lgcplus.com · 8 Sept 2026
- Louise Casey: England’s social care system faces ‘moment of reckoning’theguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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