Care Show Birmingham 2026 Programme

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What's happening in homecare?

07 Oct 2026
Keynote Theatre
Future of care

Homecare's time has come. Demographics, public preference and government policy are all pointing in the same direction: the number of people over 85 will double in a generation, most people want to live well at home, and the 10-Year Health Plan's three shifts — hospital to community, treatment to prevention, analogue to digital - all depend on what homecare already does every day.

Yet homecare is too often treated as peripheral, asked to deliver relationship-based care inside a transactional model, while under pressure from workforce shortages, financial squeeze, regulatory change and digital risk.

This session sets out what is actually happening across policy and reform, and where the real opportunities lie. It makes the case for moving homecare from the edge of the system to its heart - and for shaping that future, not just describing it.

By the end of this session, delegates will be able to:

Speakers
Jane Townson OBE, CEO - Homecare Association