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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.
I might grumble at being stuck behind a tractor sometimes but I can’t picture working elsewhere now, writes Dr Nicky Hughes.
Early figures suggest LocumDeck bookings will double month on month in September 2021, compared with August.
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.
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NASGP fully supports the fight for salaried GPs to be remunerated fairly.
Dr Richard Fieldhouse, chair of NASGP, said: 'It is always good to see more evidence for ways for groups of GPs to support each other in making their work safer and more efficient.'
Starting out as a GP would have been easier if registrars met more locums, writes Dr Veronika Rasic.
GPs urge caution as order for people to self-isolate after COVID contact ends.
Vacant sessions were up fourfold month on month.
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.
NASGP has opened applications for a new GP locum chambers for GPs in Barnet, Haringey and Enfield.
New ruling 'raises a further and highly significant concern,' Dr Nagpaul wrote.
GP locum and NASGP chair Dr Richard Fieldhouse told Pulse he had seen examples of locums putting up their rates by a fifth.
Dr Richard Fieldhouse, chair of NASGP, said: 'It’s hugely worrying seeing practices still struggle with so much increased demand from patients.'
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.
Join our Manchester chambers today via the LocumDeck homepage.
Some 51% of GPs report a ‘lack of time to give sufficient emotional support to patients’.
No operational detail yet on funding or delivery for stroke checks at COVID-19 and flu jab clinics this autumn.
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.
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.
Only last month, GP leaders had warned the public that patient demand now radically outstrips workforce capacity.
Welsh GPs used this year’s conference to warn colleagues across the UK about the dangers of locum banks.
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