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15th December 2005

Happy Christmas, campers! Carrying on from last year, rather than sending Christmas cards to Sessional GP Group Leaders around the UK, we've instead put the cash to better use. Last year we bought 3 goats for a family In Bangladesh (we assume the family were vegetarian - perhaps their postcard got lost in the post?). Anyway, this year we, on behalf of our members, have bought an Emergency Relief Tent from Worldvision, large enough to shelter a whole family.

Whatever you're doing over the next few weeks, we hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!
6th December 2005

If you're not on a performers list, or know of ANY GP who may not be e.g. because they're on a 'career break', it's imperative that you or your colleagues not on the list inform the GMC before 31st March 2006. [more...]

 
5th December 2005
  • Our December - January 2006 edition of The Sessional GP is now at the printers and will be with members next week. Alternatively you can read it a week in advance on-line. Articles include:
    • Carol Pedden's experiences working in China.
    • Interview with Mark Selman, NASGP Deputy Chairman.
    • "Twinn Speaks" - our regular column on the doctors.net.uk discussion forum
    • A review of the new Oxford Handbook of General Practice.
    • A 'round-up' of Sessional GP Groups across the UK
    • Plus much more!
1st December 2005

Well done to NASGP member Harvey Gordon who has one the draw for the TomTom Go 300 Satellite Navigation System for responding to the Medeconomics survey.
 
29th November 2005

We're pleased to announce the launch of our new NASGP Discussion Forum, intended to complement the www.doctors.org.uk discussion forum.

Whereas the doctors.org.uk forum is for all doctors discussing any topic and encourages debate of any description, this forum aims to provide a more relevant and less busy area for NASGP members with an emphasis on friendly, courteous threads (life is otherwise too short and stressful as it is).

Hence, our rules are somewhat different. We have a zero tolerance policy for rudeness of any description, and can block members from using this forum if necessary. But as NASGP members are all Top Bananas, it's very unlikely we'll need to do this.

We'll also be regularly pruning the discussions to improve their relevance to other forum users too.

So, give the forum a go and see what you think!
 
24th November 2005

Added 'Are Freelance GPs entitled to holiday/sick pay?' (thanks to Dr Ahmed for your question!) [more...]

 
16th November 2005
 
Medeconomics are once again performing a survey of of Freelance GP pay across the UK. An email questionnaire has been sent today to all NASGP members, with the chance to win a TomTom Go 300 Satellite Navigation System. Good luck!

 
12th October 2005

We received a reply to our letter to the GMC today (see 15th September 2005). [more...]

 
7th October 2005
  • Our October - November 2005 copy of The Sessional GP is now at the printers and will be with members next week. Alternatively you can read it a week in advance on-line. Articles include:
    • Mary Bratton's Freelance Work in Western Australia
    • Interview with Zoe
    • "Twinn Speaks" - our regular column on the doctors.net.uk discussion forum
    • A review of literature in medicine (or was in 'medicine in literature'?)
    • A 'round-up' of Sessional GP Groups across the UK
    • Plus much more!
26th September 2005

Due to popular request, added GPnotebook search to the border on the right.
 
15th September 2005

The General Medical Council is on to Freelance GPs, with their announcement that it will "change the basis on which a doctor’s license to practise is approved in order to include the requirement to provide information which will support a more risk-based approach to regulation" [more...]

  • See our letter to the GMC

 
14th September 2005

Bored of filling in those silly boring pension forms? Just know there has to be a better way? There is! We’ve developed a simple spreadsheet for members to download from our website superannuation section. [More...]

 
13th September 2005

Added new Frequently Asked Question "How can I get hold of Medicines for my Doctor's Bag?" [more...]

 
12th September 2005

We've just taken delivery of 1,000 brand new NASGP Standardised Practice Induction Packs (having been out of them for months...sorry). [more...]

 
8th September 2005

166 members have joined the NASGP since June 2005, with the rate of new membership being reassuringly steady.

Not a member yet? Why not join us!

 
   
7th September 2005

GPass have just sent us a whole load of training documents for their GP System, including details of their on-line computer simulators. [More...]

 
1st September 2005

The government is proposing the launch of a listening exercise in connection with a detailed consultation on the draft White Paper entitled Your Health, Your Care, Your Say: Improving Community Health and Care Services.

The result of the White Paper is likely to shape primary care for some years to come, and it is important that all Sessional GPs take the opportunity to feed in their views at this early stage.

The RCGP is particularly keen to have the views and input of Sessional GPs and has asked us to encourage as many members as possible to take part in their 'Call For Ideas'.

There are 12 simple questions on the RCGP website, and we'd encourage as many Sessional GPs as possible to complete the survey.

Take part in the RCGP 'Call For Ideas'

 
18th August 2005
  • We've just sent our usual database of English Freelance GPs to the Department of Health for the distribution of BNFs, which they tell us should reach the recipients during October. If you (i.e. any Sessional GP) haven't received yours by then, see our FAQs on how to get one.
4th August 2005
  • Do Freelance GPs need to register with the Data Protection Act? New FAQ added [more...]
3rd August 2005
  • The London Deanery have issued guidance on appraisal for their Sessional GPs [more...]
1st August 2005
  • Our August - September 2005 copy of The Sessional GP is now at the printers and will be with members next week. Alternatively you can read it a week in advance on-line. Articles include:
    • Craig Wheelan's life as a ship's doctor
    • Interview with Professor Ruth Chambers
    • "Twinn Speaks" - our regular column on the doctors.net.uk discussion forum
    • A review of the LoewPro 'Stealth Reporter' GP bag
    • A 'round-up' of Sessional GP Groups across the UK
    • Plus much more!
28th July 2005
  • Know a GP registrar who may be interested in sitting on RCGP council? They'd have to be an associate member of the RCGP, and will stand from this November for 2 years.
26th July 2005
25th July 2005
  • A new self-directed learning group in Bexley PCT [more...]
19th July 2005
  • SmartCards for Sessional GPs are on the horizon, but no date yet [more...]
  • And Swindon PCT are now paying Sessional GPs for Appraisal thanks to help from the NASGP [more...]
12th July 2005
  • Some SGPs have to have TWO appraisals a year - what's that all about?! [More...]
6th July 2005
30th June 2005
Remember Guildford & Waverley PCT from 5th May? Looks like we've got a result!
22nd June 2005
Election Results of the GPC Sessional GPs Sub-Committee have been announced.
20th June 2005
Password-protection complete! Thanks especially to Paul (opposite) from MeltedMedia who has been working like a Trojan to get this off the ground. Most parts of the site are now for members-only; if you are a member but haven't yet received your password, it's probably because you haven't yet registered your email with us - so now's your chance - click on 'Contact' on the right hand column of this page. Members can otherwise change their contact details in the members area.
 Paul @ MeltedMedia
14th June 2005
Password-protection of the website has begun. Areas that are for members only will be marked with this padlock symbol from the main index page. The first is superannuation, with more being protected over the next few days...
 
6th June 2005
Our June - July 2005 copy of The Sessional GP is posted:
  • Laura Patterson's Exploits in the Arctic Circle
  • Interview with GPC Sessional GP Subcommittee chairman Victoria Weeks
  • "Twinn Speaks" - our regular column on the doctors.net.uk discussion forum
  • A review of the AA Navigator satellite navigation system
  • A 'round-up' of Sessional GP Groups across the UK
  • Plus much more!
   
24th May 2005
NASGP member Rachel Monks suggested that it'd be useful to get some information about the GPASS IT system on our website. So here it is!
 
16th May 2005
We've started to compile an area on the site that lists research, publications and papers on the subject of Sessional GPs.
 
12th May 2005
Tina Ambury's Appraisal PDP added to CPD section.
 
9th May 2005
The GPC is currently surveying a sample of salaried and freelance/locum GPs with questions on pay and employment. The aim of the survey is help with its negotiations to improve salaried GP pay and working conditions. Therefore if you receive the questionnaire, by taking the time to complete it you will be helping to improve your own working arrangements and/or those of your colleagues. The higher the response rate, the better and more compelling the evidence will be.

The GPC is also undertaking a survey of GP practices to ask them about the benefits of employing a salaried GP, and if they do not employ a salaried GP then to find the reasons for this and the factors that would encourage them to do so. The aim is to use this evidence to help with the GPC's fight to improve the payments available for practices.
 
If you're a SGP and don't receive any communication from the BMA, please consider giving them your details to that they can consider you for this survey.
 
Guildford and Waverley PCT appear to be refusing to pay Freelance GPs for preparing and participating in NHS appraisal. We're on to them - and if your PCT is behaving in a similarly irresponsible way, then let us know.
 
   
18th April 2005
The March 2005 BNF (it's red) starts to arrive on the doorsteps on freelance-NASGP-members-in-England (SGPs in other parts of the UK receive it by other means).

 
 
8th April 2005
Our April - May 2005 copy of The Sessional GP is posted:
  • Vik Mohan's Exploits in Madagascar
  • Interview with NASGP Treasurer Michael Uprichard
  • "Twinn Speaks" - our regular column on the doctors.net.uk discussion forum
  • A review of the Omron Gentle Temp 510
  • A 'round-up' of Sessional GP Groups across the UK
  • Plus much more!

 
 
7th April 2005
The GPC’s sessional GP subcommittee is seeking nominations for membership for the 2005-06 and 2006-07 sessions (a two year term). Nominations are sought from ALL salaried and freelance/locum GPs in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Nominees may be BMA members or non-members. The deadline for nominations is 13th May 2005 [MORE...]
 
5th April 2005
NHSPA have updated their website to include more in-depth advice for freelance GPs. [MORE...]
 
30th March 2005
Are you on the BMA's mailing list? We've been working with the BMA's General Practitioners Committee Sessional GP Sub-Committee on a survey of Salaried GPs' (assistants, FCS, returners etc) pay which is going out to a large sample of Salaried GPs in May. If you're a SGP and don't receive any communication from the BMA, please consider giving them your details to that they can consider you for this survey.
 
22nd March 2005
The latest Technical Newsletter from the NHSPA has arrived, including the new Form SOLO. [MORE...]
 
16th March 2005
We held a council meeting today: mostly internal 'organisational' matters; pensions death-in-service payments; funding for appraisal; survey on assistants pay. Minutes will be posted here once they've been approved.
 
3rd March 2005
Good guess! The NHSPA have just sent us confirmation about NHS superannuation employer contributions come April 2005.
 
2nd March 2005
We've just sent our usual database of English Freelance GPs to the Department of Health for the distribution of BNFs, which they tell us should reach the recipients by the first week in May. If you (i.e. any Sessional GP) haven't received yours by then, see our FAQs on how to get one.
 
24th February 2005
What's happening with NHS superannuation employer contributions come April 2005? We've been on to the NHS Pensions Authority who don't know either, and so they are seeking clarification from the Dept of Health (lets hope that they do).
 
18th February 2005
Fancy being more involved in medical politics? Why not stand for election onto the General Practitioners Committee? For more info, log on to the BMA website and then type in this URL http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/GPCelection2005
 
10th February
We've updated our Complaints document - Complaints Involving Sessional GPs - in our 'Reports' section.
 
7th February 2005
NLH Question Answering Service have been in touch, and would like more Sessional GPs to use their service. So we've added a link below the Google search engine - give it a go!
 
2nd February 2005
  • Added a couple more crib-sheets/password request forms to the IT System section, and even have some info about training.
  • Patient.co.uk link added below our Google search thingy.
1st February 2005
Our February - March 2005 copy of The Sessional GP is posted:
  • Interview with NASGP Chairman Cath Sheppard
  • "Twinn Speaks" - our new regular column on the doctors.net.uk discussion forum
  • A review of the new Welch Allyn "MacroView" otoscope
  • Update on the NHS Superannuation Scheme for Sessional GPs
  • A 'round-up' of Sessional GP Groups across the UK
  • Plus much more!

31st January 2005
Updated our IT section as several more IT suppliers give us password information and cribsheets.

21st January 2005
Our latest Newsletter "The Sessional GP" February - March 2005 has gone to the printers and will be published on the 3rd February.

18th January 2005
We're sick of Freelance GPs being fobbed off with generic usernames and passwords for IT systems. See our advice in our new IT System section.

14th January 2005
Clarification of the new pensions technical newsletter, specifically for Sessional GPs from the NHSPA - what better than straight from the horse's mouth!

6th January 2005
We've given the go-ahead to move our membership database 'on-line'. In February, new members will be able to join from this website, and existing members will be able to modify their contact and payment details. We'll also be password-protecting this website so that the great majority of its information will only be available to paying members.

 

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