Category: Working as a GP

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

‘Salaried GP’ vacancy appears at practice that made GPs redundant

The practice was running 20 sessions a week above budget, according to minutes from a meeting in December.

Salaried GPs

NASGP joins free GP events in Leeds, Birmingham and Newcastle

Dr Richard Fieldhouse, NASGP chair, will attend Pulse Live events in Leeds, Birmingham and Newcastle this spring and summer.

Skills

Pre-employment checklist for salaried GPs – GP guide

The resource helps GP locums gather information in the public domain, job description and experience of working at the practice, then reveals the questions still left for the practice partners or manager to supply information about.

GPs ‘recouped significant sum’ of out-of-hours holiday pay

GPs who see employment benefits such as holiday pay withheld from out-of-hours work could be eligible to reclaim sums following changes at an employment tribunal.

GPs should not get more than 2% pay uplift in 2024/5: NHS England

News coincides with the release of a BMA resource that lists recommended questions for GPs to ask practices during interviews for a salaried role.

GP locums and ‘Fit to Participate’ forms

Requests for fitness to participate statements can put GP locums in a difficult situation and you may feel pressured to complete forms and sign declarations. However, it is important that you only make statements and sign forms that are honest and truthful, and you should always act in the best interests of your patients’ health.

GP locum clinical practice ‘not systematically different’

A new study from researchers at Manchester University has found that the clinical practice and performance of locum GPs does not appear to be ‘systematically different’.

GP locum CV Builder

Get a fresh new CV in minutes with NASGP's free tool for members.

Working as a GP

GP locum reference request form

Our tool helps produce PDFs of references that you can upload, send to or share with practice managers to let them know other practice managers' experience of working with you.

Working as a GP

NASGP launches new-look website for GPs and practices

The new-look website covers the same useful up-to-date resources with easy-to-navigate design and layout.

Working as a GP

NHS jobs crisis hits headlines as one GP turns to Uber-driving

The Daily Mail and the i paper have been the latest titles to cover the GP funding crisis after picking up on a report about a doctor who now drives an Uber.

Working as a GP

GP at Hand: Dozens of GPs at risk of redundancy, eMed admits

As many as 150 GPs will face a large-scale redundancy consultation at eMed, the owner of GP at Hand, Pulse reported this week.

BMA: GPs should tell us if OOH shifts are cut at short notice

GPs in Cambridgeshire have been recommended to contact the BMA if OOH work is cancelled with less than four weeks’ notice.

GP locums

As a GP locum, do I need long-term sickness insurance cover?

Are all income protection policies the same? The blunt answer is a most definite “no”.

NASGP membership funded until 2026 for GPs in Gloucestershire

NASGP also runs similar funded partnerships for GPs who work in Suffolk, Hertfordshire, Essex, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.

Working as a GP

‘Inappropriate’ to add GPs to ARRS before 2024 contract

DHSC response arrives after petition hits 10,000.

GP locums

GP practices in London to stop same-day appointments

GPs in North West London ICB will be required to focus on ‘complex’ care from April, Pulse reports.

PAs increase, not decrease, workload: doctors’ survey

Over half (55%) report increased workload compared with 21% who reported that workload decreased with associates’ help. Some 21% report that PAs and AAs increase their workload ‘a lot’.

Working as a GP

Q&A: Dr Kath Speller, portfolio GP and community sub-dean

A portfolio GP Locum and Community Sub-Dean for Peninsula Medical School in Somerset, Dr Speller explains how she started locuming, how she built up her portfolio and her tips for starting out as a locums or portfolio GP.

January 2024 ‘busiest month on record’ for LocumDeck

LocumDeck now has more practices signed up than ever and Instant Book sessions for the last 12 months are up 43% compared to the same period last year.

Working as a GP

GPC rejects ‘derisory’ 1.9% GP contract offer

Dr Bramall-Stainer told GPs: 'This regrettably falls far below what we realistically need to keep our heads above water.'

Acknowledging mistakes confidently as a GP locum

Talking to patients when something goes wrong is a skill that will constantly develop throughout your clinical career, but it can be more challenging to have these conversations as GP locums because of the limited time to establish a relationship with the patient.