Category: Covid-19

A growing repository of information to help you navigate working as a GP locum during this pandemic.

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

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. 

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Remote working in general practice

Remote working in general practice

Advice on ‘mission creep’ in triage/consultation, how to consult online, a remote working terms template and a Covid-19 risk score, the NASGP has remote working all wrapped up

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GP locums report challenges accessing flu vaccinations

GP locums report challenges accessing flu vaccinations

GP locums are eligible for free flu vaccinations at GP practices according to the new DES, but some have struggled to find clinics and book in for them.

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GP locum remote working policy

GP locum remote working policy

A good remote working policy reassures practices about data and device security compliance, and of the steps to take to achieve continuity during remote working sessions.

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NASGP backs doctors’ warning over ‘non-Covid harms’

NASGP backs doctors’ warning over ‘non-Covid harms’

Dr Richard Fieldhouse, NASGP chair, has co-signed a letter from NHS doctors about the risk from a potential second lockdown this winter. 

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CCAS cuts nurses off after audit finds safety problems

CCAS cuts nurses off after audit finds safety problems

The NHS 111 service has permanently stopped nurses and other clinicians handling calls after an audit of recorded calls.

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NASGP Covid-19 risk stratification tool

NASGP Covid-19 risk stratification tool

If you’ve made yourself available to see face-to-face patients on LocumDeck at a practice you’ve not worked at yet during Covid, use this form to generate a score for your biological risk.

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GP practices can order PPE from the Government, DH claims

GP practices can order PPE from the Government, DH claims

The NASGP recommends that all GP locums include in their terms a specific requirement to receive PPE from the practice they work in. GP locums should not be asked to source or supply their own PPE

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Demand for appointments surges as practice managers plan winter locum cover

Demand for appointments surges as practice managers plan winter locum cover

At the end of August 3.9 million appointments were recorded for England in one week. In the first week of September this leapt to 5.2 million.

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GP locums must not be locked out again in a second lockdown, NASGP warns

GP locums must not be locked out again in a second lockdown, NASGP warns

Dr Richard Fieldhouse said: “I sincerely hope that those involved in implementing the first lockdown have learnt lessons in time for this second one."

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NASGP members expose CCAS pay problems

NASGP members expose CCAS pay problems

GP locums from NASGP’s CCAS support group talked to Pulse to expose problems with the service

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GP locums eligible for free seasonal flu jab from their own GP this year

GP locums eligible for free seasonal flu jab from their own GP this year

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

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Preparing for a 
Covid-19 winter

Preparing for a 
Covid-19 winter

Dr Rachel Birch, medicolegal consultant at MPS, provides advice and practical tips for locum GPs

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Remote working: the blurred line between triage and consultation

Remote working: the blurred line between triage and consultation

It is imperative that triage and consultation are recognised as unique, and different, skills by partners and professional bodies

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NASGP’s legal advice on NHS Pension ‘Death in Service’ benefits

NASGP’s legal advice on NHS Pension ‘Death in Service’ benefits

Thanks to generous donations from NASGP members, we commissioned advice from specialist employment lawyer Ray Levy and barrister Mary O’Rourke QC on ‘Continual Service Contracts' and death in service benefits during Covid-19

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Locum Toolkit | Key Covid-19 management options

Locum Toolkit | Key Covid-19 management options

Download this 75-page document put together by Adam Abbs and colleagues for strategies toensure a safe and effective consultation via telephone or video.

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Remote consulting handbook

Remote consulting handbook

Dr Adam Abbs has put together an extensive handbook to help GPs work remotely, and have made this available to NASGP members and the wider GP community to help you through this new way of working.

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Tax-free 
childcare (TFC) scheme during Covid-19

Tax-free 
childcare (TFC) scheme during Covid-19

If you or your spouse/partner have ‘adjusted income’ under £100,000 in this tax year, you may be entitled to support under new rules

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Medicolegal risks for GP locums during Covid-19

Medicolegal risks for GP locums during Covid-19

GP locums may be asked to work in new ways in unfamiliar environments as a result of the Covid-19 crisis. Dr Rachel Birch, medicolegal consultant at MPS, advises on dilemmas they may face

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Relaxation of NHS Pension Form A rules during Covid-19

Relaxation of NHS Pension Form A rules during Covid-19

After a request from NASGP, the GP Locum NHS Pension Form A 10 week rule is being relaxed in England and Wales during the Covid-19 pandemic .

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Coordinating any GP with capacity for the Covid-19 crisis

Coordinating any GP with capacity for the Covid-19 crisis

NASGP chairman Dr Richard Fieldhouse has today written to all 4,500 NASGP locum members.

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Essential Covid-19 advice for GP locums

Essential Covid-19 advice for GP locums

NASGP has produced a new template to make sure practices are able to provide them will all necessary information.

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