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Jan 14, 2025 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Jesse Wegman |Aileen Clarke
Share Imagine a Congress where politicians of different ideologies work together to pass legislation reflecting what most Americans want.This isn’t hypothetical; it’s how Congress worked for much of the 20th century.There were only two major parties, but each was much more ideologically diverse than today, so deal making and coalition politics were the norm.From Social Security to civil rights to immigration and environmental protection, Congress got big things done.That’s not where we are...
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
msn.com | Aileen Clarke
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Aileen Clarke
"If it was your own child and she had a career in front of her, and she was being successful in it, what would you think? "Would you let her do it or would you say, that’s enough, let us have her back?”Victor Zavaroni, father of child singing star Lena, relates the dilemma he faced in the 1970s. His wee girl had hit the big time on the decade's equivalent of Britain's Got Talent, and she was catapulted to the top of the entertainment world.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
bjgp.org | Rebecca Payne |Ellen MacIver |Aileen Clarke
There have been major changes in modalities of both access and provision in general practice.1 Delivery of general practice is unrecognisable compared with several years ago. General practice is experiencing the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, increased digitalisation of services, implementation of primary care additional service roles through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS), austerity cuts, and continued challenges in staff recruitment and retention.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Aileen Clarke
Aileen Clarke - BBC Scotland NewsSeptember 15, 2024 at 3:26 AM·4 min read“I’m just a little truffle pig when it comes to treasures” says interior designer Banjo Beale as he describes how he loves to find unwanted gems among piles of discarded bric-a-brac. In the second series of his BBC Scotland show Designing the Hebrides, Beale uses his finds to transform a range of island interiors, including a dull-looking apothecary on Harris.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
bjgp.org | Rebecca Payne |Archie Lodge |Adam J Mackridge |Derek T. O’Keeffe |Nadia Swann |Aileen Clarke | +4 more
IntroductionIt was recognised as early as 1939 that teleconsultations were of limited use if patients were unable to access the medicines recommended on the call.1 Nearly a century on, despite a rapid expansion in the remote delivery of consultations, access to urgently required medication for patients remains problematic, with pharmacy and medical services in many areas contracting, particularly during the out-of-hours period and in rural and remote areas.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
qualitysafety.bmj.com | Richard Byng |Aileen Clarke |Nadia Swann
Introduction of remote triage and expansion of remote consultations in UK primary care occurred at a time of unprecedented system stress (an understaffed and chronically under-resourced primary care sector, attempting to cope with a pandemic).23 Many organisations had insufficient telephone lines or call handlers, so patients struggled to access services (eg, half of all calls to the emergency COVID-19 telephone service in March 2020 were never answered7).
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Aug 4, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Aileen Clarke
Aileen Clarke - BBC Scotland NewsAugust 4, 2024 at 4:02 AM·3 min readAs a child, Dr Karen Gardiner always wanted to be a vet but it was a dream she never fulfilled. Instead she pursued her love of animals through the academic subject of zoology and later a PHD in marine mammals. However, her two daughters have both chosen to become vets and Dr Gardiner could not be prouder.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Aileen Clarke
On a driech Wednesday night in January 1994 women from the Scotland rugby squad headed to the Todd’s Tapp pub in Leith after a freezing training session at Edinburgh Accies ground. They were unusually quiet, utterly fed up. They had been training hard and putting maximum effort into fundraising to cover the costs of their trip to the World Cup in the Netherlands. But with just three months to go it had been cancelled.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
bbc.co.uk | Aileen ClarkeBbc Scotland |Aileen Clarke
The 1920s was a period when children would be seen and not heard, especially in school. So imagine the excitement when in such an austere setting, senior pupils at Garnetbank School in Glasgow were ushered to the school hall. Settled down on the polished parquet flooring, no doubt cross-legged, they were part of something that would shape the learning landscape forever. Taking place 100 years ago this week, it was the very first BBC experiment in providing programmes for schools.
