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The report recognises that composition of the Chamber is likely to be on a representative basis, but asks if members should be selected through either direct or indirect election or perhaps by ex-officio membership or direct appointment.
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When a patient calls 111, an operator - who is trained in the same way as a 999 operator - can send out an ambulance, put someone straight through to a nurse, book an out-of-hours GP appointment, or direct the caller to a pharmacist or dentist.
BBC: Tories call for NHS 24 to be a freephone service
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It has been a struggle to alter that: Bolivia's political elite fought hard against the loss of their direct influence on the judicial system, and in-fighting over the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court had threatened to mar the change.
ECONOMIST: Bolivia