Category: Working as a GP

Advice on chambers, risk management and training for GP locums.

Three in four GPs face unpredictable income, poor job security

The NASGP’s response to the government’s workforce consultation remains open to responses until 31 October.

Working as a GP

NASGP adds new Membership Director to support with GPs and practices

Rich Curno has joined the National Association of Sessional GPs in a newly-created role as Director of Membership.

Working as a GP

GP strike action 2025/26 supported by new resident doctors’ ballot: BMA

First-year resident doctors (FY1s) voted for a mandate for industrial action as part of their own ongoing pay dispute.

Video: Dr Andrew Whiteley on how Lexacom uses AI in general practice

The clinician still remains in control, Dr Whiteley says — they must review/edit/approve the draft notes; ambient AI is an assistive tool, not a replacement for the clinician’s judgement.

Self-referral to the GMC: what should GP locums keep in mind?

Dr Morenike Odanye, Medicolegal Consultant at Medical Protection, discusses when you need to refer yourself to the GMC.

Risk management

BMA schedules new online meeting for underemployed sessional GPs

On Thursday 16 October, GPs can meet the subcommittee to report on their experiences of under- and unemployment, poor working conditions and challenges for work-life balance around the country.

Working as a GP

How will the new GP contract affect sessional GPs?

Changes such as the 43 new 'Neighbourhoods' could create more opportunities for flexible GPs to play more of a formal role in meeting demand.

Working as a GP

Interview: Dr Toni Hazell – video, the power of portfolio GP work in 2025

Dr Hazell discusses her journey into general practice, detailing how a pivotal rotation shifted her perspective to recognising general practice as 'proper medicine', leading to a 21-year tenure as a salaried GP in Tottenham.

Working as a GP

‘Millions’ of appointments at risk under new 2025 contract, GPs warn

Face-to-face GP appointments could be pulled as practices spend more time responding to patient requests from online consultation systems.

Working as a GP

Hunt for GP work ‘shocking and scary’, leading sessional GPs warn

Dr Small was interviewed alongside Dr Cheska Ball, outgoing co-chair of the GP registrars’ committee and a newly-elected council member at the RCGP.

Working as a GP

One in three GPs in England is not working in NHS general practice: BMJ

A new study of three workforce data sets has found that one in three GPs with a licence to practise in England is not working in NHS general practice, the BMJ reports.

GP locums

GP locums and vulnerable patients: sessional GPs’ medicolegal advice

Dr Rachel Birch, medicolegal consultant at Medical Protection, looks at how to handle a vulnerable patient’s refusal to attend the practice due to fears for their safety, and how GP locums can help to facilitate a positive outcome.

Risk management

NASGP nominated for two awards to be decided by public vote

The NASGP has been nominated not once but twice for this year’s General Practice Awards 2025 by Cogora, the publishers behind the leading GP news titles, Pulse.

Working as a GP

Lexacom founder Dr Andrew Whiteley to present AI talk for GPs

Dr Andrew Whiteley – formerly a GP and now founder and managing director of Lexacom – joins us for NASGP’s next webinar.

Booking success toolkit: make your profile stand out

Use NASGP's built-in tools to your advantage.

GP locums

Resource: Availability letter template from GP to practice

Use the free members-only template to send emails or snail mail to practices to let them know about your availability.

Working as a GP

GP contract ‘slowed recruitment for salaried and locum GPs’: NASGP

Direct recruitment of GPs by practices may have slowed down following the 2025/26 GP contract deal despite substantial new investment, NASGP chair Dr Richard Fieldhouse told GPOnline last week.

Working as a GP

Over 4,000 new GPs to join profession as sessional unemployment worsens

Some 47% more GPs will complete clinical training (CCT) this year compared with 2019.

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The Sessional GP Magazine August 2025

Read our August edition.

Working as a GP

Podcast: Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell

Dr Harrod-Rothwell, CEO of Londonwide LMCs, reflects on her career trajectory from a salaried GP to prominent leadership roles in NHS commissioning and Londonwide LMCs.

Sessional GPs fear ‘neighbourhood’ schemes could lock them out

Lack of detail on Health Plan, and new funding for secondary care, has some GPs concerned.

Working as a GP

Video: Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell, Londonwide LMCs’ CEO

Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell, Chief Executive Officer of Londonwide LMCs, reflects on her career trajectory from a salaried GP to prominent leadership roles in NHS commissioning and Londonwide LMCs.

GP locum sessions in Birmingham: rates, jobs and costs in the Midlands

While sessional rates are often competitive and the city offers a good balance of urban diversity and community feel, navigating the day-to-day realities of locuming here still requires thoughtful planning.

Working as a GP

Charge patients £20 per GP appointment, former health sec says

Former health secretary Sir Sajid Javid wrote a foreword for a paper which supports an idea he first floated in 2023.

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