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Maggie Eisner

Margaret Claire Eisner was a British general practitioner. She became a qualified doctor in 1972 and joined her first GP practice in Lewisham in 1975. In 1978, Eisner moved to the North of England and became the leader of the practice in Shipley, Bradford, Yorkshire. She helped to establish Bradford's home births service, founded a teenage health clinic to marginalised and vulnerable groups and was a Training Programme Director of the Bradford Specialist Training Scheme for General Practice. Eisner was a fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners.

Biography
Eisner was born on 27 June 1947 in Cardiff, Wales. She was the only child of the Jewish parents, Gisela, a Czech doctor and the Romanian lawyer Conrad. The couple fled Adolf Hitler's regime in Czechoslovakia in 1939 and settled in South Wales. While Eisner was at school, her father often worked abroad. She helped to found the Bradford Friendship Choir, a singing choir for refugees and asylum seekers, and Bloomin’ Buds Theatre Company, which set out to get working-class children interested in the stage. Eisner supported Bradford's asylum support network BIASAN. She performed in the Bradford's Women's Singers and the Bradford Festival Choir Society, the latter of which she served as chair. She gardened at Lauriston Community Farm close to Edinburgh every year. ==Personal life==
Personal life
Eisner married the primary school teacher Stephen Horsman in 1986. Eisner died of glioblastoma at her home in Bradford on 18 December 2022. ==Awards==
Awards
She was awarded a fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners to acknowledge her work in medicine. Eisner received the Paul Freeling Award in 2010. ==References==
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