Neil Eastwood is an international speaker on care worker recruitment and retention within Adult Social Care and author of the book ‘Saving Social Care - How to find more of the best frontline care employees and keep the ones you have’, which is now in its second edition.

He is also Founder and CEO of Care Friends, an employee referral app operated in partnership with Skills for Care which won the 2023 King's Award for Innovation.

Neil was previously a director for a national homecare provider with 10,000 staff.