This was proven at Rannoch over a period of well over 100 years with a doctor, or doctor and assistant, locally resident and able to attend every corner of this remote area within acceptable time limits and within reasonable cost constraints.

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Gwenda Burns, Scottish co-ordinator of the Infertility Network, is calling for an acceptable waiting time in each health board area, and fairness for all those who need help with their fertility, which has been recognised as an illness by the World Health Organisation.

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"The design of the proposed flood risk management scheme is, on balance, considered to be acceptable, with regard to the impact upon the conservation area and the setting of adjacent listed buildings, " the council said.

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