Category: Practices

New GP contracts and AI tools among 10 Year Health Plan initiatives

GP practices and GPs will continue to be the backbone of the NHS reforms according to the newly-released ‘10 Year Health Plan’.

PCNs replacing non-GP ARRS staff with GPs, Pulse survey reveals

A new Pulse survey found 40% of partners say their PCN has considered or started replacing non-GP ARRS staff with GPs.

Proactive vs reactive locuming: reasons for GPs posting availability

By giving you the opportunity to manage your availability before practices search for it, LocumDeck gives GP locums greater control over their working lives, improves visibility to practices, and makes it easier to secure regular, well-matched work on their own terms.

Why GP locums should think twice about agencies

A platform designed and led by GPs – like LocumDeck – offers a smarter, safer, and more empowering alternative.

Five reasons why LocumDeck is not a GP agency: platform explainer

NASGP’s platform, LocumDeck, isn’t a GP agency. We don’t speak for GPs, or control members. We give GPs the tools, freedom, and respect they deserve. Here’s why it’s different.

GPs to get extra £889m funding in new 2025/6 contract from 1 April

But ARRS will continue to be limited to those within two years of their CCT date and who have not been previously substantively employed as a GP in general practice.

More than a third of practices need GP locums ‘once a week or more’

Some 19% need locums because they don’t have enough staff, and the majority (40%) use a booking platform like LocumDeck to book GPs.

Standardised Practice Information Portal

As of July 2024, NASGP’s Spip resource has been archived. In the event that we update and restore Spip, we will update the website with new information.

Practices can now book remote sessions on LocumDeck

Practices don’t pay a booking fee when using LocumDeck, just the locum’s fee.

All Gloucestershire GP practices now on LocumDeck

Gloucestershire GP practices have all signed up to book GP locums through NASGP’s LocumDeck platform.

Almost 100 GP practices closed in 2019, data shows

Unplanned closures can cause the local provision of healthcare to implode, Dr Richard Fieldhouse warned.

NHS England must not force GPs into ‘banks’

The one-size-fits-all model ignores the complexity of working as a GP locum

Ensuring a locum GP is a self-employed contractor, not an employee

There are a number of important differences between employees and self-employed contractors

Welcoming practice managers

£100k salaries symptomatic, not causal

£250,000 extra to fund locum GPs and nurses in Essex