Category: Working as a GP

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

How to share test results sensitively – medicolegal advice for GP locums

Working in isolation is not an option

Nice | Dabigatran for the treatment and prevention of DVT and PE

Are you confused about these new drugs and what can be used when? Here's a summary of which has what NICE approved.

RCOG | Chickenpox in pregnancy

Jeremy Hunt, please don’t avoid the locum issue

GP locums

June ‘The Sessional GP’ out now

GP locums

Nice | Depression in children and young people

Nice | Rivaroxaban in Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)

GP Partnerships snubbed by sessional GPs

If only the chocolate was as good as the beaches

Raising concerns about poor prescribing

Gone FISHing: Where improvement science meets working as a GP

Nice | Obesity in adults and children

The big changes from the 2006 guideline have been well publicised in the news and mainly advise that referral for bariatric surgery be considered at a lower BMI to previously, especially where the patient has new onset Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM).

Nice antibiotic guidance pointless until locums have prescriber numbers

Should GPs be given personalised antibiotic prescribing data? Yes, absolutely. But create a level playing field first by enabling GP locums to have the same access to those NHS structures and processes.

February NASGP magazine out today

GP locums

AppraisalAid – new tool for Appraisal

Locum feedback and complaints

There are many reasons why doctors working as locums may be more at risk of receiving a complaint. Sara Chambers, NASGP’s appraisal and revalidation lead, and Charlotte Hudson, writer at MPS, provide tips on protecting yourself from complaints and the current complaints process.