Category: GP locums

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

GP locum agency pushes £1,000 day rates for sessional work

NASGP ‘disheartened’ by Primary Care Medical Chambers locum rates.

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Four in five GP partners ‘can’t find a locum’

Four in five GP partners say their practice has struggled to find a locum in the last six months, a new GPOnline poll reports.

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Jeremy Hunt: Part-time working could prevent locuming

GPs would not ‘have to become a locum’ if it were easier for them to work part-time, the former health secretary said.

GP shortage leaves island without a surgery

Solutions like NASGP's Remote Digital Chambers are much-needed for GP job vacancies at rural and remote practices.

Locums to be asked to work Saturdays from October

9am-5pm on Saturdays and 6.30pm-8pm on weekday evenings will soon be a reality.

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Third of GPs plan to quit within five years, survey finds

Latest national survey predicts major change.

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Funded membership launches for GPs in Gloucestershire

Local GPs eligible for two years' fully-funded membership as part of CCG partnership.

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New locum prescribing study needs context, GPs advise

Dr Fieldhouse said: 'This paper raises many questions, and insightful feedback from our members shows that more research needs to be done.'

£10m of locum funding unspent

GPs and commissioners have been urged to submit last-minute proposals to access these funds.

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BMA: ‘No requirement’ for locums to use flexible pools

Dr Richard Fieldhouse, chair of NASGP, said: 'As the BMA quite rightly warns, these banks must not strip GPs of the security and autonomy that are so essential to the workforce.'

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New LocumDeck ‘switch’ hides Availability Requests

NASGP acted on feedback from locums about the high volume of requests for sessions that NASGP members face at the moment.

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Locums won’t be ‘corralled’ into flexible pools

Speaking to Emma Bower for GP Online, Dr Richard Fieldhouse said flexible pools were in principle ‘a fantastic idea’, but warned that colleagues would not give up the flexibility of locuming to operate in a new model.

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NASGP urges locums to add Covid pass on LocumDeck

GPs working in practices in England should show compliance with the NHS’s new vaccine mandate, NASGP has advised members.

LocumDeck bookings ‘highest ever’, NASGP reports

January 2022 figures are now on track to beat November’s.

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GP locums invited to join NHS-NASGP remote work pilot

GP locums have the option to book with both Emis and SystmOne practices, will be given direct access to patient records, and will consult using eConsult.

GPs should prioritise Covid boosters, Sajid Javid says

GPs should prioritise the Covid booster campaign Sajid Javid said last week, The Guardian reports – appearing to have dropped his insistence on face-to-face appointments.