Category: Career & wellbeing

Advice on making the most of your career, maintaining your wellbeing at work and work-life balance for GP locums.

Cornish salaried GP vacancy advertised with song

A GP vacancy in Cornwall has been advertised in a music video.

GPs’ burnout service registers over 180 in final week of 2022

Insomnia, depression and anxiety holding GPs back, NHS Practitioner Health warns.

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GP locum illness and accident cover – member discount

NASGP is delighted to work with Medical Insurance Consultants, who have created two policies that can provide GP locums with an income in the event of an accident or illness preventing you from undertaking your obligations as a GP locum.

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Preventing burnout as a GP locum

Eight actions that GP locums may wish to take now to prevent burnout.

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Am I burning out? Video and podcast

What are the signs and symptoms for GPs, and what can you do about it?

GPs forecasting an ‘apocalyptic’ winter for primary care

GPs are forecasting an ‘apocalyptic’ winter for 2022 following an unrelenting summer of work, Pulse reports.

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GP launches campaign against NHS sexism

In its report the BMA found that 91% of women doctors had experienced sexism in the last two years.

GP locum mental health event scheduled for September

Dr Helen Garr will join NASGP for a 1pm Q&A on Thursday 1 September when GPs can raise questions on burnout.

Making the most of GP locums

Our guide for practice managers who browse, book and work with GP locums.

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UK GPs organise for Ukraine

Doctors across the UK and the island of Ireland have spoken out and organised funding in solidarity with Ukraine.

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Three in four GPs fear winter workload will undermine care

Most GPs fear impact of workload on patient care this winter, a new RCGP poll shows.

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Staying well during busy locuming periods

Follow five tips when you're stuck in a crunch time.

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Preview: World Doctors’ Orchestra, Barbican Centre

Performing arts returning is such a thrill for the performers and the audience alike, writes Dr Peter Newman.

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GPs face ‘moral distress’ from remote consulting pressures, new BMA survey reveals

Some 51% of GPs report a ‘lack of time to give sufficient emotional support to patients’.

Looking for GP writers

The NASGP is looking for sessional GP writers, experienced and new.

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GPs are working 11-hour days on average in 2021, new Pulse survey of 1,400 doctors shows

Dr Richard Fieldhouse said: “We went into this pandemic knowing that there was a GP shortage and, thanks to this very timely Pulse survey, we can see that that shortage is going to have a significant impact on how we move forward as a profession."

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‘We’ve seen almost an 100% increase’: the surge at doctors’ support services in 2020

Dr Helen Garr, a GP and the clinical lead at NHS Practitioner Health, explains the importance of preventing burnout amongst GP locums in 2021.

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How to make the most of a career coach

Uncertain work and finances can create stress, writers Dr Caroline Walker, but 2020 might be a fertile year for GP locums to reassess your portfolio career – or even make decisions about a salaried role – with a coach.

‘Decision latitude’: a sign of burnout for GP locums to pick up on

As a second lockdown kicks in, Dr Adam Staten (co-author with Dr Euan Lawson of GP Wellbeing) explains the reasons why GP locums – even those locked out of sessional work – are burning out.

Doctors and nurses need ‘psychological PPE’, says Prof Clare Gerada

NASGP fully supports Dame Prof Gerada’s calls for better support at work, and confidential services for clinicians to prevent mental ill health.

GP locums eligible for flu jab from own GP

GP locums are eligible for free flu jabs at GP practices according to the new DES in 2020.

Life after VTS: my journey to life as a jobbing GP locum

Like many highly skilled professions, a career in general practice can be a journey with obstacles to overcome, barriers to navigate and choices to make. NASGP member Tina Sumner describes how she came to be working as a GP locum and how NASGP has helped her in that journey.

Breaking the rumination trap

Have you ever been stuck in a swirl of negative thoughts, rehashing things that you should or shouldn’t have said or done? Most of us will recognise this circular self-battering, a process known as rumination.

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Making stress your friend: how to cope as a sessional GP or locum

With ever mounting workload, increasing patient complexity and rising patient expectations and complaints, work is becoming increasingly stressful in the NHS.

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