Claire Taylor

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Freelance Columnist at The Herald (Scotland)

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A flood twice the size of the UK and a long road ahead

1 month ago | thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Claire Taylor

It’s been a month since torrential rain transformed parts of the Channel Country into an inland sea, with some towns recording more than 600mm of rain — over a year’s worth — in just seven days. In this vast landscape of flat, sparsely vegetated plains, water can either sit and stagnate or surge destructively through dry creek beds, making flash flooding both sudden and catastrophic.
Employment, Industrial Relations & Safety in Australia - the year ahead

Feb 21, 2025 | lexology.com | Anthony Wood |Lucy Boyd |Amandi Munasinghe |Claire Taylor

Looking into the crystal ball for 2025 - with a Federal election pending – we’re not expecting any major legislative changes. However, the impact of Labor’s first term reforms will continue to be felt, and a heightened regulatory environment will persist.
Halt the Proposed Sale and Closure of Walsall Leather Museum

Nov 12, 2024 | change.org | Claire Taylor

Our group has been touched deeply and personally by the Walsall Leather Museum - a unique cornerstone of our heritage and a beacon of our community’s shared history. For those of us who have worked in lineage with this Museum, we've welcomed visitors from around the world the UK. It has hosted local families for holiday activities, and opened the doors to schools and coach parties.
Do we need personalised cancer care in primary care?

Jan 25, 2024 | rcni.com | Jacqui Graves |Claire Taylor

Personalised care is not routinely available for everyone with cancer, but with its focus on what matters to patients it can give them more choice and control
Discussing long-term side effects of cancer therapy

Oct 30, 2023 | journals.rcni.com | Claire Taylor |Luke Morton-Holtham

Opinion Previous Next Claire Taylor Chief nursing officer, Macmillan Cancer Support Luke Morton-Holtham Health data manager (interim), Macmillan Cancer Support How nurses and healthcare staff can prepare people for the possible long-term effects of cancer therapy There is a wide range of possible adverse physical, psychological and social effects that can follow cancer treatment. Some will be long-term effects, which persist after cancer treatment has finished and may continue for months or...
Travelling Taylor finds out more about farming and food on her trip to Africa

Sep 27, 2023 | thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Claire Taylor

Over the past five weeks, I have been travelling in Africa meeting with farmers, policy experts, journalists, lobbying bodies, NGO’s and Private Investors, trying to understand the complexity of challenges facing the agricultural sector and the programmes being rolled out and investments being made, to transform agri-food systems.
Don’t forget to discuss long-term effects of cancer therapy

Sep 10, 2023 | rcni.com | Claire Taylor |Luke Morton-Holtham

Many people are not aware of the possible long-term effects of cancer therapy, and nurses and healthcare staff should offer practical advice when preparing them There is a wide range of possible adverse physical, psychological and social effects that can follow cancer treatment. Some will be long-term effects , which persist after cancer treatment has finished and may continue for months or even years.
Regenerative farming: We need to support farmers - not shame them

Aug 18, 2023 | heraldscotland.com | Claire Taylor

Regenerative farming can improve soils (Image: free) Healthy soils, healthy animals, healthy planet – has regenerative farming got it sussed? Discussions around ‘regen’ farming have become a popular talking point, not only in farming circles but amongst our policy makers. There is no doubt that the general principles of regen farming make not only environmental but economic sense.
Nuffield Scholar Claire's travel update from around Scotland

Jul 31, 2023 | thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Claire Taylor

Over the past month, Nuffield Scholar and former writer in The Scottish farmer, Claire Taylor, has continued her global farming tour, this time on her own patch, with a tour of the East Coast of the UK. She spent time meeting with farmers, researchers, packers and processors, with her travels taking her from Lunan Bay down to Norfolk as part of her studies.
The war on climate change will not be won by division

Jul 24, 2023 | thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Claire Taylor

The “meat dilemma” was once again the subject of conversation this week, with an Oxford University study calling for a national plan to cut meat consumption and production to “reduce environmental harm” and to make more space for plant-based proteins. Meat production is already dropping. Cattle and sheep numbers have fallen 40% in the last 30 years in the UK, but demand for meat remains high with 98% of British households consuming meat.