Speakers

Neil began his connection with social care in 1977 as a paid home help to aging parishioners from his father's church. More recently as a director at the UK’s largest homecare provider with 10,000 staff, he attempted to understand and address the persistently high care worker turnover rates the organisation experienced. This led to presenting his findings at care sector events around the world and in 2017, publishing a book, ‘Saving Social Care’, about his findings, now in its second edition with over 10,000 copies sold. He is also Founder and CEO of Care Friends, an employee referral app, which won the 2023 King's Award for Innovation and is now used in over 2,500 care settings in the UK, Ireland and Australia. The app has generated over £8M in performance related earnings for care workers and added tens of thousands of their friends and connections to the workforce.