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Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Sarah Blackmore: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Sarah Blackmore
Executive director of professional practice and external engagement, Social Work England
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Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 16 Jan 2026
02 Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics
Sarah Blackmore: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Executive director of professional practice and external engagement, Social Work England
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 19 May 2026
- First quoted
- 16 Jan 2026
04 The signal · where Sarah Blackmore sits on hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Quoted
Quoted in the press on hospital discharge / bed-blocking.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Dr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)Leading
Caroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UKLeading- Colin PoolmanSector leaderexecutive director of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) ScotlandLeading
- Dr Lindsay MildenhallClinicianpaediatric medical specialist
- Rebecca WilliamsClinicianClinical lead, Hospital@Home, Abicare; registered general nurse
- Sarah BlackmoreSector leaderExecutive director of professional practice and external engagement, Social Work England
- Anna CiesielskaSector leaderDirector, Montpelier Estates
- Chris BabingtonSector leaderDirector, Hervines Group
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05 On the record · press
What Sarah Blackmore has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- bbc.com
- communitycare.co.uk
Where Sarah Blackmore has been quoted
- Can homegrown social workers help to free up NHS beds?bbc.com · 19 May 2026
- Social workers share fitness to practise experiences - Community Carecommunitycare.co.uk · 16 Jan 2026
How we found the articles that name Sarah Blackmore: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 topics
Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- hospital discharge
- delayed discharge
- bed blocking
- bed-blocking
- discharge to assess
- delayed transfers of care
- discharge delays
- step-down care
Also searched with “hospital discharge” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
NHS & care workforce/staffing
- NHS workforce
- staff shortages
- nursing shortage
- nurse recruitment
- care workforce
- care worker pay
- social care workforce
- NHS long term workforce plan
Also searched with “NHS workforce” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for NHS & care workforce/staffing
Verbatim
“It is encouraging to see the growth in apprenticeships... which helps build a diverse workforce that reflects the communities that social workers support.”
“There is a real need to have a safe space to enable people to share those views in a way that they feel safe and happy and comfortable to do so.”
Related media coverage
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