Category: GP training

Advice for GP locums and registrars on skills training, clinical updates and CPD

RCGP: Half of soon-to-qualify GP registrars ‘still looking for work’

Registrars struggling to find a role reported applied for an average 13 roles each.

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Workload and burnout behind new GP trends, GMC finds

Numbers of UK medical graduates joining the GP register fell 4% in 2022 compared with 2018.

GP registrars can now book post-CCT sessions on LocumDeck

Registrars can now add availability to get ahead.

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Burnout rife for GP registrars and trainers – GMC survey

GP trainers and trainees have reported high levels of burnout in this year’s GMC survey.

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GP partnership near ‘end of life’, Labour leader says

Starmer calls for salaried GP coverage across England.

GP visa rules lambasted as 48% of trainees face applications

Too many GP trainees face visa Tier 2 bureaucracy, the acting chair of the GPs’ Committee at the BMA has told the Financial Times.

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GP visa petition launched by RCGP

GPs have been asked to sign to protest visa blockages for overseas colleagues.

‘Nearly 19,000’ GPs and registrars will walk, RCGP predicts

Its new Fit for the Future report (PDF) includes recommendations for general practice

New GPs face deportation letters, MPs warned

RCGP vice chair for professional development reported the news to MPs.

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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 trainer

Whether you have a nascent interest in teaching or years of NHS experience, now really is a golden time to polish up skills and invigorate your portfolio.

GP registrar numbers for 2021 beat NHS targets again

NASGP chair Dr Richard Fieldhouse writes: 'It’s always heartening to see a growth in the number of doctors wishing to enter the profession.'

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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.

‘We’re paratroopers, we’re supposed to be surrounded’: starting off as a GP locum

Dr Richard Fieldhouse, NASGP chairman, explains how to start a career as a GP locum.

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The GP locum tutor

An anoymous survey of GP locums finds that the majority of respondents were very happy with their role and recommended a GP locum career to students thanks to flexibility, workload autonomy and patient care, and reduction of admin and bureaucracy. But GP locums also said they faced isolation, disrespect and difficulty accessing knowledge updates

Life after VTS: my journey to life as a jobbing GP locum

Like many highly skilled professions, a career in general practice can be a journey with obstacles to overcome, barriers to navigate and choices to make. NASGP member Tina Sumner describes how she came to be working as a GP locum and how NASGP has helped her in that journey.