Category: GP locums

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

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.

‘Exhausted, broken’: NASGP member’s account goes viral

Dr Watson’s article revealed the toll of rising patient contacts since Covid-19.

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GPs delivered 26% more face-to-face appointments in September

GPs gave more than 28m consultations in England during the month.

GPs threaten industrial action over face-to-face pressure

Should this ballot for industrial action go ahead, eligible BMA members will be able to use this opportunity to make their voices heard.

GPs spread thin across the UK, new analysis shows

At best, Liverpool CCG has one GP for every 1,614 people, but Fylde and Wyre CCG has 2,833 people for every GP.

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NASGP warns that new funding won’t solve GP workforce crisis

Dr Fieldhouse warned PoliticsHome that £250m access fund ignores workforce crisis.

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GPs in Cornwall ‘overwhelmed’ by workforce issues, LMC warns

NASGP is already working with GPs in the West Country to enable GPs outside the area to support their practices remotely.

NASGP writes to PCSE for pensions clarity

GP locums are becoming increasingly frustrated by the new PCSE pensions portal, NASGP founders told PCSE in an email this week.

LocumDeck hits 2,000-practice milestone as managers flock to independent locum platform

GP locums can now work with over 2,000 GP practices in the UK on LocumDeck after the independent booking system saw its total reach new heights last week.

Starting out as a GP locum in a rural area

I might grumble at being stuck behind a tractor sometimes but I can’t picture working elsewhere now, writes Dr Nicky Hughes.

GP locums in demand again as practices flock to LocumDeck for September rush

Early figures suggest LocumDeck bookings will double month on month in September 2021, compared with August.

New GP locum champion role creates milestone

A new GP locum champion role is being advertised in Shropshire to offer a point of contact and support newly-qualified GPs who start work as GP locums.

Starting out as a GP locum: how to choose which practices to work at in your area

What makes a good GP practice for locum work?

End of self-isolation creates postcode lottery for GP safety

GPs urge caution as order for people to self-isolate after COVID contact ends.

Requests for GP locums triple on LocumDeck as practices switch to emergency mode

Vacant sessions were up fourfold month on month.

GP locums asked to work extra sessions on holiday to ease local workforce shortages

A practice manager in Cornwall has been featured by BBC News and Metro after her tweet inviting GP locums to work at her surgery went viral.

Locum session bookings increase in more than half of UK practices in 2021, GPs report

Dr Richard Fieldhouse, chair of NASGP, said: 'It’s hugely worrying seeing practices still struggle with so much increased demand from patients.'

GPs face ‘moral distress’ from remote consulting pressures, new BMA survey reveals

Some 51% of GPs report a ‘lack of time to give sufficient emotional support to patients’.