Residential Care Homes - in which elderly people can find support and a community when living independently has become too much of a struggle - involve more responsibility than many sectors. But it can be both rewarding and represent a good business, particularly in the case of the more specialised nursing homes, where fully qualified nurses will [...]

This will be a boom time for new businesses as people being made redundant look to work for themselves. One business consultant involved in franchising reports over 2,000 people have registered an interest in owning and operating a franchise since November 2008. He reported that with thousands of people throughout the UK being made redundant and [...]

Our new Preston office is steaming ahead with interviews. We are inundated with workers registering to work with 247 Professional Health. We have new clients coming on board daily due to the quality of our workers and our service delivery. So if you are looking for a job in Social Care then call our Preston office [...]

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation highlights skills shortages in social care to Government. The REC conducted a survey of the Nursing and Social Care sector group which showed that 80% of respondents said they had encountered problems related to a shortage of skilled labour.   The REC’s Report on Jobs for January showed that Medical/Nursing and Care are the only sectors which [...]

Today in the UK 15 million baby boomers have begun turning 60 and start retiring in 2010.  The number of UK citizens and Americans 65 and older is expected to double to 86.5 million by 2030. Is it time to get into the healthcare sector? Don’t get into the recession – get out of it. Healthcare staff urgently required; [...]

Sunday 8th Feb. Great new business on board this week providing lots of work for our brilliant support workers. Our Preston office is up and running now, Sarah and Michelle have been busy over the last couple of weeks, setting up their office, which is looking really good now and what a fabulous location! Last [...]

As the large crop of Baby Boomers age, the need for health workers has increased dramatically and will continue to increase in future years. This need is not only found in the UK, but in other countries throughout the world. As a result, the healthcare industry continues to increase its workforce. Healthcare now represents about 9.3 [...]