Category: GP locums

Blogs and testimonials by NASGP members about starting out as a GP locum.

First impressions: how to start out as a GP locum at a new practice

How to cope with locked rooms, missing laptops and phones and slow initialising.

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Video: Dr Sarah Jacques on a portfolio GP career after burnout

Portfolio GP and Doctors' Association Uk spokesperson Dr Sarah Jacques shares her journey from suicidal thoughts in burnout to building a sustainable, balanced portfolio GP career.

How to optimise your LocumDeck profile

To help you get that first booking and become a Pioneer GP, you need to build trust and show professionalism. Here is your guide to making it happen.

Making Tax Digital for sessional GPs: video and slides, Anna Tyler

Watch this webinar for the clear, calm, and practical guide you need to prepare your professional practice for April 2026.

2026 ‘Lab’ events to support GP locums with practical, peer-led solutions

Opportunities will bring members together to break down the problems that are hardest to tackle on their own.

How to build a long-term locum relationship with a GP practice

Tips to start out on a 10-year plan of your own to build a mutually beneficial relationship from portfolio GP Dr Clare Sieber.

How online access changes affect sessional GPs: GP contract 2025/6

Whatever your contractual status, the change – less than two months old – has already filtered down to grassroots GPs, writes Dr Sieber

Autumn Budget 2025: What sessional GPs need to know

Although it can't be guaranteed what exactly is printed on the paper that sits in the famous crimson dispatch box, it is guaranteed that the contents will have a significant impact on sessional GPs of all ages and contractual status, writes Dr Clare Sieber

NASGP introduces complimentary Instant Book fees scheme

NASGP is excited to introduce a new complimentary Instant Book fees scheme, designed to reward NASGP members who help grow their local locum community.

Professional strength often starts with vulnerability: Locum Labs

Members told NASGP that what unsettles them most isn’t the clinical work itself, but what surrounds it. To explore these realities, NASGP members met in our first Locum Lab, a peer-led discussion designed to surface practical, real-world responses to shared challenges.

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NASGP members can now access new availability reminder feature

The new feature has been co-designed with NASGP’s membership support manager in order to improve the user experience for GPs.

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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.

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Booking success toolkit: make your profile stand out

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

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New GP contracts and AI tools among 10 Year Health Plan initiatives

GP practices and GPs will continue to be the backbone of the NHS reforms according to the newly-released ‘10 Year Health Plan’.

GPs told to forgo pay after private out-of-hours provider closes

Vocare’s parent company, Totally PLC, recently entered administration and was taken over by PHL Group Ltd.

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Six in 10 GPs report lower rates and salaries, doctors warn

A further 40% of GPs who saw rates fall said they have seen ‘significant’ falls in GP rates of pay.

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General practitioners forgotten in new urgent care plan, BMA says

The new emergency and urgent care plan was ‘a huge missed opportunity’ for GP funding, warned the chair of the General Practitioners’ Committee.

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Majority of GPs went straight into locuming, NASGP reveals

In a survey of 129 GPs, 52% said they had not had any experience of job roles before becoming a GP locum.

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The need for a DBS certificate for GP locums: safety, trust, compliance

It's mandatory – a legal requirement – to have an up-to-date, enhanced DBS.

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Fund ‘under and unemployed GPs’ by August, BMA GP chairs demand

In a letter to Wes Streeting, four leading GPs wrote: “As many as a thousand GP registrars completing training this August could be facing unemployment.”

What makes a great LocumDeck bio for a GP locum?

A LocumDeck bio is your chance to showcase your skills, experience, and personality to potential clients or employers.

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ARRS has ‘ostracised’ sessional GPs amidst locum rate falls: NASGP data

NASGP chair Dr Richard Fieldhouse made a call for support for GPs in the trade title for general practice, GP Online.

GP locum agencies and exclusivity clauses: risks to GP locums

While agencies may argue that exclusivity clauses compensate them for the initial introduction to a practice, in practice, these clauses often serve to restrict GP locums and protect agency profits at the expense of doctors and practices alike.

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Proactive vs reactive locuming: reasons for GPs posting availability

By giving you the opportunity to manage your availability before practices search for it, LocumDeck gives GP locums greater control over their working lives, improves visibility to practices, and makes it easier to secure regular, well-matched work on their own terms.