Wanted: 25,000 More Care Workers

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The population of the North-East is ageing and a lot more care workers are needed to look after the elderly and sick.

Health Editor BARRY NELSON looks at signs that the industry is rising to the challenge

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Wanted: 25,000 More Care Workers

MAUREEN Horton has been in the care home business for 16 years and says finding staff has never been so difficult.

"It's dire. We have a lot of new care homes opening in Darlington with hardly anybody to staff them, " says Maureen, who runs the Eden Cottage care home in Darlington.

With the low unemployment rat...

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