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Unwitting shoppers could soon be accosted by eager recruiters from Suffolk Council in a drive to find more home carers.

Recruiters will target potential candidates in unusual locations, such as supermarkets, with the promise of increased pay rates and travel payments.

Suffolk hopes the new drive will help to speed transfer of care from hospital to home for many vulnerable or sick people after identifying a "severe" delay in discharges.

It is looking for people of different ages and a range of backgrounds, including retired people and mothers with school-age children.