Category: Working as a GP

Advice on chambers, risk management and training for GP locums.

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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Four in ten GP partners consider salaried roles

And 27% of the 442 GP partners surveyed had ‘considered handing [their] contract back’ within the last year.

GP locum bookings up 169% on LocumDeck

GP locums have seen an 169% increase in bookings on LocumDeck in the first quarter of 2022, compared to last year.

GPs to get notified when payment is sent

GP locums in NASGP’s Locum Chambers will now be notified if a practice marks a payment as sent.

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.

Scottish GP locum sounds the alarm on burnout

Dr Small warns workforce pressures hitting patient care.

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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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GPs running out of LFTs as many stay off sick with Covid-19

GPs are short of tests just as demand for sickness cover rises.

PCNs hiring ‘portfolio’ salaried GPs to work across practices

PCNs have begun hiring GPs to work across practices in ‘portfolio’ roles, Pulse reports.

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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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More remote consultations for Wales, minister tells LMCs

Minister promises a step change.

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Free lunchtime CPD series for locums launches in April

Sessional GPs can learn advanced practice tips about risk management in the first of a new series of CPD webinars from NASGP.

Majority of GPs should be employed by trusts, reports says

'At Your Service' has a foreword by Sajid Javid.

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GPs face Saturday opening in new contract imposition

GPs in England must open at weekends, according to 2022/3 contract.

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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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Salaried GPs should get 2% uplift, DDRB advises

Salaried GPs could get a pay uplift of 2% for 2022/23.

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.