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"textContent": "Care work must be urgently reframed as essential, skilled labor and not a \"natural\" extension of women's roles if the recruitment crisis is to be tackled, new research has warned. Following interviews with care workers, a Lancaster-led research team has shown how a combination of organizational structures, alongside social constructs, significantly impacts on recruitment and retention within the adult social care sector.",
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