Panel Q&A
Rt Hon Damian Green is the Chair of the Social Care Foundation, a think tank which aims to keep the topic of social care high on the political agenda. He was the MP for Ashford from 1997-2024. Under the Conservative Government he was First Secretary of State (Deputy Prime Minister), Minister for the Cabinet Office, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Minister of Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims and Minister for Immigration. He was Interim Chair of the Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport, and Chaired All-Party Groups on Adult Social Care and Longevity.
Anna Dixon has over 25 years’ experience in health and social care. Roles include Director of Strategy and Chief Analyst at the Department of Health, Director of Policy at the King’s Fund and Chief Executive of the Centre for Ageing Better. Anna chaired the Archbishops’ Commission on Reimagining Care (June 2021-Jan 2023) and received an MBE for services to wellbeing in later life in 2021. Anna is the Labour Member of Parliament for Shipley constituency in West Yorkshire.
Joe is the Member of Parliament for Isle of Wight East, first elected in July 2024. He began his career as a family law solicitor, before joining the charity Dementia UK as an in-house advisor where he worked with the NHS, local authorities and other health and care providers to support and increase the number of Admiral Nursing services across the UK. In 2021 he was elected to the Isle of Wight Council where he served on the Policy and Scrutiny Committee for Adult Social Care and Public Health.
Since his election to Parliament, Joe has been elected to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee, where he works collaboratively across party lines, with particular interest in adult health and social care reform. He has directly questioned the Secretary of State over support for GPs, community pharmacy and hospices. In the floor of the House of Commons he asked the Secretary of State to ensure dementia diagnosis targets are put back in NHS England’s 2025/26 Priorities and Operational Planning Guidance. Additionally, Joe serves as Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Dementia, where he continues to champion the cause for improved care for people living with dementia and their families
