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• Putin, William Shatner and my mum got me thinking about the end of humanity, and it turns out I’m fine with that | Van Badham

  11-10-2022 04:27
  My mother epitomises cancer ward optimism – and it shines amid all the world’s illsSixteen months ago, my mother – riddled with cancer – was told she had two months to live.I raced to Sydney at the onset of her illness and have been her carer since. Over these months she’s endured radiotherapy, chemotherapy and now the doctors giving up on therapy at the same time world events have weathered all of us. I reached my mother’s house just in time for us to be conf
  
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• England’s social care workforce shrinks for first time in 10 years

  11-10-2022 01:01
  Experts say loss of 50,000 workers exposes ‘absolute crisis’ facing system still reeling from impact of Covid and BrexitThe social care workforce has shrunk for the first time in almost a decade despite rising demand and bed congestion in hospitals fuelled by a lack of care places.England is projected to need close to 500,000 more care staff by the middle of the next decade, but last year there was a net fall in the workforce of 50,000 people, leaving about 165,000 jobs vacant, accor
  
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