Category: Covid-19

Information on jabs and boosters to help you navigate working as a GP locum during this pandemic.

GP locums ‘due Covid-19 vaccination by mid-February’: health secretary

NHS England has published a letter setting out an 'immediate' requirement for all health and social care staff to receive vaccinations.

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GPs put their lives on the line because of PPE shortages in first wave, BMA chair tells MPs

NHS Providers reported on an ‘extremely worrying surge in COVID-19 admissions’ last week.

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GPs report ‘random’ approach to Covid-19 vaccination for doctors

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Gov ‘needs to learn lessons’ from Test and Trace, warns Audit Office

The NAO will assess the value for money of Test and Trace in spring 2021.

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GP networks pull out of vax delivery following ’15-minute obs’ rule

At least one GP network has had to pull out of delivering the Covid vaccine next week because of new safety guidance.

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Healthcare workers deprioritised by new Covid vaccine strategy

Meanwhile, the JCVI has also advised that GPs should be prioritised for Covid vaccination based on their personal risk level.

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Prioritise BAME patients for Covid-19 vaccination, RCGP urges

The NASGP supports calls by the RCGP to prioritise Black, Asian and minority ethnic patients for Covid-19 vaccinations, given the extensive evidence that they are at higher risk.

Practices can use £150m ‘second wave’ fund for GP locum jobs

The BMA’s new statement gives practices the support they need to make their own decisions about how to get through the second wave.

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Covid-19 vaccination campaign to be led by boards and trusts in Wales

GPs working on the Covid-19 vaccination campaign will work for health boards and trusts.

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NHS England announces more than 40 local ‘long Covid’ clinics will open in weeks

More than 40 clinics will open within weeks, NHSE claims.

New £150m ‘second wave’ fund attempts to lock GP locums out

Dr Richard Fieldhouse, chair of NASGP, writes: "The problem that general practice is facing is that we need to urgently find and mobilise thousands of new GPs to support practices."

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‘Decision latitude’ is just one sign of burnout for GP locums to pick up on this winter

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.

How to add Covid-19 rules to your terms

LocumDeck enables locums to state exactly how they want to work, including adding risk minimisation and shielding information – and NASGP's templates explain how.

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CCAS ‘300 GPs short’, ‘restarting recruitment’

Dr Richard Fieldhouse, NASGP chair, says: “Now that the second wave of Covid is well on its way, CCAS must change to either a proper employment contract with equitable pay, or allow GPs to be engaged by the service on the locums’ usual self-employed contractual basis.”

Put GPs in charge of NHS Track and Trace, MP demands

Dr Richard Fieldhouse said: “Statements like these seem to be more about rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic."

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How will having a lower income from sessional work affect my tax return this year?

Specialist medical accountant Liz Densley explains

Health sec says GPs can ‘recommence’ face-to-face in service gaffe

A new comment by health minister Jo Churchill shows ‘a complete disconnect’ and a ‘lack of understanding of what actually goes on in primary care’, GPs told Pulse.

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GPs are still hard at work – whether the Government knows it or not

Jaws dropped when an MP blithely remarked that GPs could safely ‘recommence’ face-to-face services in a ‘regular’ manner in Parliament the other day, Dr Richard Fieldhouse writes.

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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.

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 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.

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.