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some staff have already made their minds up that this wont work and their negativity may reduce the ability to pilot this properly.

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This will make Brook a very attractive place to work, where staff wellbeing is valued so highly and strategic plans are truly bold and innovative. Recruitment and retention are bound to be impacted positively by this move. Our clients will feel the benefit of fully staffed teams, reduced sickness absence and happier staff. I feel proud to be working for Brook at such an exciting time. Bring it on.

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The success of the 4 day week in Brook will require a shift in thinking amongst our dedicated and hard working staff who place much value on the extra that they give to their service; extra hours does not necessarily equal harder working teams. The hard work will need to take the form of  working efficiently rather than in working hours beyond our contracts.
Some staff will struggle with this shift.

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Service Managers and Clinical Managers will need support to review current delivery models, systems and processes in order to highlight opportunities for efficiencies. Clinical teams will need support to embrace innovative solutions to creating efficiencies in clinic. Staff will need channels through which to articulate and celebrate the benefits of the 4 Day week on their wellbeing.

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We create rotas two months in advance. By the time this proposal is officially launched, we will already have patients booked into clinics in August. We need two months notice.

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Clinical staff hours are determined by clinic times which are determined by Commissioner contracts – frontline staffing levels are therefore based on these. We will need 20% more budget for clinical frontline staff so that we can continue to meet our contractual obligations. Our admin and management/office staff would not need increased staffing budget as they would reduce their hours. This way we don’t breach contracts.

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This is effectively a 20% reducing in staffing. It would be a great idea if we had the budget (and associated staff) to implement it properly (although it would still be difficult to recruit sexual health trained staff). We could consider implementing it more slowly in stages – for example, starting with a 10% reduction in hours, which would be easier to manage, and build up to 20% as we adapt our staffing model and budgets.

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Staff already work efficiently and with very little spare capacity. There is a risk to wellbeing of implementing this proposal for the staff who already work at capacity who will need to try to condense their work into 20% less time.

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A 20% drop in staffing would result in us not being able to deliver our contracts and meet patient need. How would we remain open for contracted clinic times with 20% less staff?

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During the consultation meeting, Helen Marshall said that staff could use these free hours to take on extra work elsewhere. Can staff use these free hours to work extra hours at Brook? If so, what will the hourly rate be?

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The idea of a '20% pay rise' sounds fantastic and I'm really happy about the idea and logic behind the 4 day week. However, I would like to know does this mean we wouldn't receive a pay rise in the future ? the cost of living is going up and although this will give us more time to feel free, less stressed, possibly even happier - I do have money worries, this extra day allows me to have the opportunity to try new things but this will cost more money. Its great to have a day back but we are still doing the same work in 4 days and I believe we can play for this but if this means we wouldn't get a pay rise for 5 years but this be worth it ?

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Could internal staff with project management experiences or qualifications assist other teams in thinking through solutions? Could there be external support or consultancy from organisations who have implemented the 4 day week already?

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The 4 day week will have a huge positive impact- current staff will feel the benefit of essentially a 20% increase in hourly pay, and recruitment/ retention will be more competitive. My question is whether this will this lead to a long term reduction/ stagnation in pay rises? Will the 4 day week mean that salaries remain the same/ increase more slowly than the market and therefore Brook staff in the future won't earn the equivalent of a 4 day working week, but actually more like a 4 day part-time wage?

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While this is indeed an exciting project with the best of intentions behind it - It will result in a two tier workforce with a dual payscale with full time staff working 30 hours per week receiving a higher hourly rate than part time staff. This will also impact those part time staff with management responsibilities who will then be paid a lower hourly rate than their full time team members. In my situation I would be paid £1/hr less as a Team Lead than my full time team members. An extra 4 days a year annual leave will not even bring me to an equal footing in pay and is not an incentive to continue working with the additional management responsibilities. I could do less and be paid more.

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While this is indeed an exciting project with the best of intentions behind it - It will result in a two tier workforce with a dual payscale with full time staff working 30 hours per week receiving a higher hourly rate than part time staff. This will also impact those part time staff with management responsibilities who will then be paid a lower hourly rate than their full time team members. In my situation I would be paid £1/hr less as a Team Lead than my full time team members. An extra 4 days a year annual leave will not even bring me to an equal footing in pay and is not an incentive to continue working with the additional management responsibilities. I could do less and be paid more.

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What were the experiences, challengers or lessons of other organisations who have piloted this with similar clinical or education work?

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What were the experiences, challengers or lessons of other organisations who have piloted this with similar clinical or education work?

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What risk management is in place for impacts on SLA's and KPI's for commissioned services? How will this be managed in a way that considers the impact on staff stress/wellbeing?

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What risk management is in place for impacts on SLA's and KPI's for commissioned services? How will this be managed in a way that considers the impact on staff stress/wellbeing?

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What conversations have been already had with commissioners regarding the pilot and how has this been received?

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What conversations have been already had with commissioners regarding the pilot and how has this been received?

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If full time staff are reducing their hours and not having a reduction in pay will their annual leave be reduced? If this is not the case they are effectively benefitting twice whereas part time staff will only benefit from the increase in annual leave. This has to be equitable for it to work.

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This sounds fantastic if you are full time admin worker with flexibility. However, in reality this is discriminating those on lower contracts.
-Those on 30 hours will be working the same hours as those on 37.5 hours on less pay - this could lead to tensions and divisions in the team.
-Those on 15 hours aren't getting any benefit at all.
-Most of the staff are mainly part time already as they've found working full time challenging around their lives and this has improved their wellbeing- can these people up their contracts to 37.5 hours so they benefit from a payrise and less hours.
-Giving more annual leave is not a fair swap for reduced hours. Everyone no matter what their hours should be offered: a cut in the percent of their hours for the same pay, the option to work full time on decreased hours or take the annual leave. Some people need more time off, some people need more money.
- Only full time staff will have their work load decreased as it will put more pressure on those having to pick up their work.
- We already struggle to give everyone their annual leave let alone give more
- we already struggle to meet commissioned clinics let alone reduce staffing to cover this further.
- Will staffing budgets increase to cover the loss of clinical cover
- By offering staff to work a day less, who will pick up their tasks for the day, we can't run clinics more efficiently. Our patient load and workload is increasing, by reducing staffing this is only going to increase the workload on working days.
- No evidence of this being a successful pilot in a health care setting

Would love to see it fair for all and with comissioners on board.
Struggling to manage patient expectations already so would need more staffing and increased flexibility from those we hire rooms from.

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A nurse currently on 30 hours on £34,270 is on an hourly rate of £17.57

A full-time nurse on the same salary will be getting £21.97 after reduction in hours for the same 30 hours week

I’m only using a nurse as an example – this model will apply to anyone.

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Time frame of 1st August is unrealistic as we are putting together the August rotas in the next couple of weeks. The rotas feed into our appointment lists and they will be booked into by patients which means we won’t have time to change the staff hours.

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Will our annual leave be calculated on 30 hours per week and so a reduction in A/L?

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How will part time staff who work 2 days but less than 15 hrs be affected ?Our clinical sessions are only 5.5hrs.

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How will part time staff who work 2 days but less than 15 hrs be affected ?Our clinical sessions are only 5.5hrs.

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How would part time staff with dual roles increased AL be divided?

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localised flexible structure
locailised solutions
Pay the 30 hours staff full time wages
I've been chucked out... sorry.

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fulfilling commission, rota issues, Part time staff wanting the money rather than holidays, equality in teams, work load for full time staff, fitting in training,

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I think this will be a huge attraction for recruiting new posts and will make Brook stand out as a great charity to work for

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I hope it will encourage us to have less/shorter meetings and to use those meetings more productively - and only involve those staff who really need to be there.

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Use the consultation to help shape working patterns

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Use the consultation to help shape working patterns

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I'm excited that Brook will be trialling this and it's important that we use the consultation to help support and shape how it will work. I suspect that we'll have to figure out some of it as we go along so that working patterns fit the different teams in Brook - but that's part of working for an innovative organisation.

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We are small team with a wide base of peripheral clinics. Working longer days ie 8-7 ish will accommodate our out of hours patients and maybe relieve Saturdays. Making travel claims less also. I feel longer days would be beneficial to both staff and patients.

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Better timing of sessions so not to impact on clinical activity - so first thing in morning/end of day. Not mid morning/afternoon starts.

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This is effectively a 20% pay rise for those able to do it. Where is the funding coming for this? Will all staff benefit from this?

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I think I understand the theory behind this, but in our services which are pushed to capacity, I wonder how it will be possible not to reduce outcomes (and therefore risk contracts) and manage the workload that is already realistically beyond the number of hours it is funded for?

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We will lose clinical capacity when we are already struggling to provide enough appointments. Reduced hours means reduced clinical/activity.

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this feels so positive a move for Brook to make, its very exciting, I really hope we can make it work

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this feels so positive a move for Brook to make, its very exciting, I really hope we can make it work

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 clinical front line staff may struggle to see how this benefits clinical delivery, with so many of them being part time and in entirely client facing roles;  budgets already require very efficient working and there are  existing challenges around protected time for training and development. We will need strong messaging to make this feel an equitable offer.

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 clinical front line staff may struggle to see how this benefits clinical delivery, with so many of them being part time and in entirely client facing roles;  budgets already require very efficient working and there are  existing challenges around protected time for training and development. We will need strong messaging to make this feel an equitable offer.

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I feel Brook is a great place to work currently given the flexibility and culture we currently adopt, so this added initiative is icing on the cake. I am very proud of being part of such an innovative and caring organisation! Great work and will defo be putting my full effort behind making this work! :) 

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I feel Brook is a great place to work currently given the flexibility and culture we currently adopt, so this added initiative is icing on the cake. I am very proud of being part of such an innovative and caring organisation! Great work and will defo be putting my full effort behind making this work! :) 

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Teams have been given challenging KPI's and many stakeholders will be working when we are having a day off (internally and externally).Therefore there will likely not be a reduction in the amount of work that needs to be completed. If KPI's go up and the time goes down, our productivity will need to be significantly better, which may be unrealistic

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Clear and streamlined processes to adapt to reduced staffing levels and also improve overall efficiency. 

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Clear and streamlined processes to adapt to reduced staffing levels and also improve overall efficiency. 

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Flexibility will definitely be needed around which  day outreach teams take as the 'non working day', possibly Mondays. This is due to the requirement to carry out health promotion events during evenings and at weekends. Generally, I see this working really well for office based teams but being tricky for outreach and clinical teams. Looking forward the pilot though.

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Set time limits on meetings, i.e. not longer than a certain amount of time.
Add guidelines on when a meeting needs to happen

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For example, can we rollout a CRM to be used by all Brook teams to help reduce time spent on admin tasks.

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WE are a small team with , many peripheral clinics. We would require longer working days to fit hours in to day less than do now.

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WE are a small team with , many peripheral clinics. We would require longer working days to fit hours in to day less than do now.

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For our small education team, after having a good think about it, I feel as though having the same day off for the team is most beneficial for us. Doesn't have to be a Fri or Mon, but the same day is what I feel would work best.

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I'm really excited about this trial and although the are some nerves present about how to manage workload, I am more than willing to try it and see how it goes, especially as the trials done elsewhere have proven so successful. I feel really lucky!

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I'm really excited about this trial and although the are some nerves present about how to manage workload, I am more than willing to try it and see how it goes, especially as the trials done elsewhere have proven so successful. I feel really lucky!

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Smarter at worker - quarterly reviews, mid reviews, catch ups all streamlined. Meetings scheduled for optimal times rather than an hour long which is sometimes unnecessary. Do people need as many online meetings, can communication over email be more effective?

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Smarter at worker - quarterly reviews, mid reviews, catch ups all streamlined. Meetings scheduled for optimal times rather than an hour long which is sometimes unnecessary. Do people need as many online meetings, can communication over email be more effective?

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Ensuring cover from other staff is available on those days for safeguarding. I understand most people will want a Friday or a Monday and having clear processes in place for who to contact. I think having multiple people off is possible - it currently happens with annual leave and we just follow a process. 

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Ensuring cover from other staff is available on those days for safeguarding. I understand most people will want a Friday or a Monday and having clear processes in place for who to contact. I think having multiple people off is possible - it currently happens with annual leave and we just follow a process. 

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Staff wanting to have the same day off. 

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Staff wanting to have the same day off. 

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Support from Brook to explore and try out new ways of working

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Support from Brook to explore and try out new ways of working

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This is such a bold and exciting idea. We need to be equally bold in looking at our current work processes and identifying ways in which we can make them more efficient or impactful (eg. shorter meetings, standardised project management approaches, different ways of using tech - etc.)

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An excellent idea that reflects brilliantly on Brook as an employer

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An excellent idea that reflects brilliantly on Brook as an employer

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Although the concept of a Four Day Week is gaining momentum it's still relatively new and I think that it reflects brilliantly on Brook that we're willing to do something so innovative for the benefit of employee wellbeing. Personally I'm really excited by the prospect!

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I'd like to understand how annual leave will be impacted by this. Will our leave be reduced at the start of August and by how much? Will it be done according to how much we've taken or through a blanket pro-rata calculation? I'd like to know the answer to this ASAP so I can use my leave accordingly. Also, if the pilot doesn't then turn into a permanent thing, will we get leave back for the final 2 months of the financial year?

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This is fantastic news, if contracts are co-ordinated well this would make an immense impact on positive well-being. Longer hours over fewer days allowing rest and recuperation for three will have a huge benefit on health and well-being. Well done Brook! Not to mention sustainability! :)

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If managed well and approval given, a flexible approach to a four day week could work to manage the differing contracts within Brook services.

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Our contract relies heavily on school opening times, if schools follow suit and run a four day week...no concerns.

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One thing I think is truly important with this trial is encouraging us to focus on any 'busy work' which currently takes up more time that is needed, or a disproportionate amount of time in comparision to its business use, impact on clients, or staff wellbeing. For education, this is evaluations. It simply isn't feasible for all sessions to be evaluated, and it also isn't especially meaningful data in the current format. We also never get feedback based on this data.

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I think this is such an amazing thing to offer and I'm so proud to work for an organisation that is advocating for better work/life balance - especially given that it won't be a straightforward process because of the nature of Brook staff working patterns.

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I think as staff - if we make sure our calendars and signatures (on our emails) are up to date with our working days this would be possible. Better communication is key ! Brilliant idea

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How would this look for staff who are either part-time or whose contracts are split across different projects / roles? I absolutely love and support this idea, as the evidence for it
is so strong, but would hope a solution that's fair and works for the majority of staff can be found.

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Can it look different for different people?

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Can it look different for different people?

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IE: would we be able to have simultaneous different iterations of the 4 day week? EG: some staff going from 37.5 to 30hours over a week spread over 5 days, for example, while others might just work monday to thursday? Or would Brook want a homogenous set up for everyone?

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How many hours a week will we work over 4 days? 

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How many hours a week will we work over 4 days? 

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What happens to annual leave during this time? Deadline to buy additional leave is 15 April so would be good to know soon

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What happens to annual leave during this time? Deadline to buy additional leave is 15 April so would be good to know soon

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Will this mean we are on 30 hour pro rata contracts? So part time workers will keep the same amout of hours but get more money for those hours?

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Will this mean we are on 30 hour pro rata contracts? So part time workers will keep the same amout of hours but get more money for those hours?

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I think for this to work we would need to agree to the same working day to be a non-working day

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I think for this to work we would need to agree to the same working day to be a non-working day

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Already concerned about workload and capacity, worried about managing this with a reduced working week. Sounds great in theory and I know there is good evidence for it

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Already concerned about workload and capacity, worried about managing this with a reduced working week. Sounds great in theory and I know there is good evidence for it

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I think we will need to make more use of Teams and Workplace to reduce the need for meetings, and when we do have meetings they need to be shorter and more efficient. All of this needs to be supported by an IT strategy with clear guidelines about internal comms channels

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good organisation of calendars and staff 

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good organisation of calendars and staff 

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Specialists having to deliver multiple sessions in the 4 days to achieve targets with no time for planning, admin and evaluating.