This may encourage more members to use the mobile app's GPS-powered check-in function which competes with Foursquare.

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Sarah Mullally, Chief Nursing Officer for England, said that currently a specialist asthma nurse treating a child can check their lung function and advise on ways to reduce attacks - but cannot write a prescription for an inhaler.

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Central banks' second function is macroeconomic stabilisation, setting interest rates to keep inflation in check without causing the economy to stop and start.

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Just over a year ago, my wife wrote a small check for an end-of-the-year school function of some sort.

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