Category: GP locums

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

GP workload to rise again after NHS England introduces new ‘health checks’ for 2021

No operational detail yet on funding or delivery for stroke checks at COVID-19 and flu jab clinics this autumn.

GPs warn that higher indemnity costs will put more pressure on the workforce crisis

Not only does it make sense for indemnity costs to be provided by the NHS within which GPs work, but also that everyone is treated equally.

Call for review of GPs’ re-registration processes amid Covid-19 workforce crisis

Dr Hughes’ comments came just days before the publication of a highly critical report into how Covid-19 burnout is accelerating the NHS workforce crisis.

New ‘face-to-face’ rules from NHS England put GP locums on the spot

GP locums report being asked to do up to 90% face-to-face appointments following controversial new guidance from NHS England.

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Starting out as a GP locum: ten tips for your first session

Delegate, arrive early, and never cut corners: Dr Leila Saeed advises on ten things she wishes she'd known.

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New NIHR study calls for GP locum experiences

A new NIHR study is looking for locums, including GP locums, to share their experiences of working as a locum in the UK.

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‘We want to put locum myths to bed’: Prof Kieran Walshe, GP locum researcher

Prof Kieran Walshe explains how NIHR-funded research into locums could change work for GP locums.

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March ‘biggest month ever’ for LocumDeck bookings, NASGP reports

Bookings in March were even higher than February, which broke previous records.

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Welsh GP locums forced into banks by state indemnity clause

Dr Richard Fieldhouse, chair of the NASGP, said: “Although we completely understand that there needs to be better coordination and integration of GP locums into local healthcare systems, this must not be mistaken for a top-down, quick-fix implementation of compulsory systems without consultation. This approach only serves to disenfranchise those involved, leading to instability and long term recruitment and retention issues."

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Covid-19 revaccination campaign scheduled for autumn/winter

A revaccination campaign is 'likely to run later this year in autumn or winter', the Government says.

Record-breaking month on LocumDeck: bookings, GPs and practices up

Dr Richard Fieldhouse said: "There's so much to celebrate with this news."

Three GPs a day quit under burnout and long Covid pressures

Professor Martin Marshall, chair of the RCGP, told the paper: “GPs and our teams want to provide safe, high-quality care to our patients and we can only do this with an adequate workforce. We desperately need more GPs.”

Welsh GP locums ‘cornered’ into locum banks by indemnity scheme

GP locums in Wales are being ‘cornered’ into joining a bank in order to access NHS indemnity, NASGP members have reported.

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LocumDeck adds off-locum work functionality for fees, non-clinical work and OOH

GPs can now add off-locum work to LocumDeck following an update.

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How to make the most of a career coach

Uncertain work and finances can create stress, writers Dr Caroline Walker, but 2020 might be a fertile year for GP locums to reassess your portfolio career – or even make decisions about a salaried role – with a coach.

GP locums need a place on integrated care boards too, NASGP argues

We have experience across dozens of practices and systems, creating unique skills and insights to local services, Dr Fieldhouse writes.

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.”