BARNSLEY care provider TLC has taken on staff from another firm which went into administration last month.

TLC, the largest provider of home care for the elderly in Barnsley, stepped to take over the services and staff employed by Choice Health Care.

Fiona Bankes, from TLC, said: "Initially there was talk of splitting the affected service users across multiple agencies; this would have meant the care workers and their manager would not have been paid their owed wages and would also have been made redundant.

"But as the largest provider of domiciliary care in Barnsley, we were able to step in to save these jobs and ensure that all services continued without any disruption, avoiding unnecessary disruption to these vulnerable people."