Extra Hands carer, Tamara Proctor. Picture: Ian Burt
- Credit: Ian Burt
Despite her inauspicious start, the carer from west Lynn has gone on to become a key member of the team and a trusted friend to the people she visits from the company s Heacham office.
She said: “I still don’t know what happened that first day – I wasn’t unduly anxious, I’d had a good breakfast and I was prepared, but I passed out completely.
“An ambulance had to be called and they said I’d probably overheated.
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