Category: Portfolio GPs

Setting up my own business as a GP: what I wish I’d known

Dr Clare Sieber on seven things she wishes she'd known – and how good data, scrutiny and networking can reduce risk and improve outcomes quickly.

NASGP launches free community space for sessional GPs

NASGP has launched a new online community space for sessional GPs, bringing together events, discussion, and national policy news and analysis in one shared place.

Life after burnout: Dr Sarah Jacques on workable portfolio GP careers

Listen to watch Dr Fieldhouse's conversation with the GP and Doctors' Association UK spokesperson Dr Jacques.

Advice to my younger self starting out as a GP locum – 10 years on

Don't sweat the ‘on the job’ small stuff, but focus on reach, reputation, and responsiveness. Invest time getting the admin of locuming right, writes Dr Sieber

How to build a long-term locum relationship with a GP practice

Tips to start out on a 10-year plan of your own to build a mutually beneficial relationship from portfolio GP Dr Clare Sieber.

Interview: Dr Toni Hazell – video, the power of portfolio GP work in 2025

Dr Hazell discusses her journey into general practice, detailing how a pivotal rotation shifted her perspective to recognising general practice as 'proper medicine', leading to a 21-year tenure as a salaried GP in Tottenham.

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.

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.