Report on Jobs shows decline in salaries hitting new record as demand for staff weakens further The REC/KPMG monthly Report released on 4 March 2009 regarding Jobs highlights a further deterioration in labour market conditions, driven by sharply reduced demand for staff during February. “Labour market conditions continued to deteriorate  as the poor economic climate and [...]

Published today (4 March 2009), Options for care funding: What could be done now? outlines a range of costed reforms that could make a big difference very quickly, especially to older people. The interim solutions would alleviate some of the pressures on those struggling under he current system which has widely been acknowledged as being [...]

Statistics? A common misconception about long term care is that it is just for the elderly.  Anyone of any age or occupation may need long term care at any time for any length of time. Two examples are the late actor Christopher Reeve who in 1995 at age 42 became paralyzed following an equestrian accident [...]

Care homes need to improve their approach to people with dementia, a report by a firm of health and social care analysts has concluded. Laing and Buisson found training was “fragmented and ad-hoc” with a third of homes failing to provide staff with specialist instruction. The survey of 6,000 UK care homes also questioned the [...]

247 Professional Health – the helping hand – Fact – 247 Professional Health is an energetic business offering experienced care support staff to nursing and residential homes, learning disability centres and private hospitals throughout the local area. The company, which Southport and Preston, has many years experience in the Healthcare Recruitment business.  With a 24hour, [...]

Nearly one quarter of people are failing to make financial provision for when they can no longer work, according to research by the Local Government Association published this week. A huge 93% of those in It Won’t Happen to Me Survey believed it was “likely” or “very likely” most people would require care in their [...]

Through specialist funding packages, we can access funding for CRB Disclosures and Healthcare specific training ! 247 Professional Health are now working alongside 3 separate organisations across Sefton, Merseyside and Greater Manchester, to assist healthcare professionals who are in receipt of benefits. With the difficult economic climate at our door, 247 Professional Health are looking [...]

Ministers have promised to transform residential and community care for people with dementia under the national dementia strategy for England, launched in February. The five-year-plan, backed by £150m for the first two years, aims to improve public and professional understanding of the illness. It includes key reforms for care homes, where two-thirds of all residents have [...]

A new Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) publication sets out four potential interim measures that could make the care system much fairer now, ahead of the government’s green paper on its long-term plans to reform the care funding system due out later this year.  Published today (4 March 2009), Options for care funding: What could be done now? outlines [...]

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 [...]

Independent report: Q4 2008 After researching the UK domicliary care market development and taking into account various other factors the following conclusions can be drawn. MARKET REVIEW 2003-2007: The UK market for domiciliary care increased by an estimated 4% to £51.91 billion in 2007. Prior to that annual growth levels fluctuated between 3% and 6% [...]

Build a substantial income in the care sector by becoming a healthcare agency or self employed nurse contractor.  A £17b industry with plenty of growth coming due to the declining enrollment and the aging population of medical professionals and importantly the aging baby boomers who have become the hot new market for the entrepreneur. Are you in [...]

Talent joins 247 Professional health! Sarah Heath has joined the company after a successful career in Health care Recruitment.  Sarah is a certified member of the REC and brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience. From a variety of senior management apointments within a multitude of sectors, Sarah has a unique approach to [...]

New client arriving week – business up 50% in the Merseyside and the Sefton area… busy busy..