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• Pioneer for change and transformation retires after 4 outstanding decades of service in social care

  28-05-2021 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Local Lincs man, John Goree, celebrated his incredible 39-year career in social care at a retirement event where he was presented with special gifts, vouchers and a memory book. Work colleagues at UK charity care provider, Ambient Support, were delighted to honour John and recognise his dedication and outstanding achievements.     John Goree’s career in social care began in 1982 and from the very beginning he has been a trail blazer for change, introducing new
  
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• The first carbon-neutral care home

  28-05-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Eagles Mount care home in Poole, part of the Luxurycare group, has become the UK’s first carbon-neutral care home after offsetting its environmental impact.The Dorset based care home has partnered with specialist company Carbon Neutral Britain to calculate its carbon footprint and offset its total emissions through financial support for international projects which help reduce greenhouse gasses in the Earth’s atmosphere.In April, Luxurycare Eagles Mount Ltd offset its total carbon fo
  
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• ‘Protect and invest’: WHO calls for 6m more nurses worldwide

  28-05-2021 08:00
  
  Warnings of brain drain from developing world as Covid adds to numbers of nurses leaving profession
  Health ministers around the world are being urged to sign off on plans to create 6m more nursing jobs by 2030, amid warnings that Covid-19 has exacerbated a global shortage and could spark a “brain drain” from the developing world.Delegates meeting virtually this week at the World Health Assembly, the key decision-making body of the World Health Organization, are expected to adopt a re
  
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