15 May 2021 • 12:02am
Face to face: a 2nd-century relief from the city of Rome of a doctor examining a patient
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SIR – I have no idea how our GP surgery will manage to do face-to-face appointments (report, May 14).
Not only is there at least a fortnight’s wait for a telephone appointment, you can’t even get that unless you are prepared to tell the receptionist what is wrong with you and exactly why you want it.
Sarah Ibbetson
SIR – The near-impossibility of getting a face-to-face appointment with a GP is a scandal. How can triage be carried out by receptionists who are not medically qualified? How do they have the right to decide who can or cannot see the doctor?
Marathon fever hit the United Kingdom in the early 1980s with races being held in towns and cities throughout the land. In 1982 Windermere Marathon was organised by Kendal Athletic Club and Windermere Rotary Club and took place on October 31. The event was officially started by footballer Emlyn Hughes, who was in jokey mood at the rain lashed down on the day. FINISH: Melanie Jones, of Essex Ladies, was the first woman to finish in 1982 in 2 hrs 55 mins “It’s been cancelled - come back tomorrow!” he told the twitching queue to nervous runners. But by then nothing could have stopped the 1,600 athletes about to take part.”
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NBMBAA® Names Shawn Graham as Chief Financial Officer
April 15, 2021 GMT
Shawn Graham, CFO, NBMBAA® (Photo: Business Wire)
ATLANTA (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 15, 2021
The National Black MBA Association ® (NBMBAA ® ) has named Shawn M. Graham, CPA, as its Chief Financial Officer. Graham brings a wealth of knowledge and leadership in her 30 years of experience leading global and national corporations’ financial direction in various industries.
Shawn Graham, CFO, NBMBAA® (Photo: Business Wire)
Graham’s career highlights and experience include global brokerage firms, performing due diligence on acquisitions for publicly traded broadcasting companies, training Business Managers, and setting up accounting software integrations. In her previous role as the Chief Financial Officer for the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (Authority), which is the owner of Grady Health System, she was respo