June edition of The Sessional GP out now
In our 95th edition of The Sessional GP, Sonia has some smart advice on setting goals, Sara begins a series on capturing...
Exclusive – new unique identifying reference number now compulsory on all England & Wales locum pension forms
NHS Pensions (England and Wales) have not* announced that they've updated both their Locum A and B forms to each include...
April Locum Bs must include extra 0.08% for all payments
A bank holiday weekend approaches and we know you’ll all be looking forward to doing your end of month Locum B forms. Bu...
New GP retention scheme from NHS England
If you're currently on a performers list but seriously considering leaving general practice, but a part-time job with g...
Exclusive – New Locum A and B forms released for England & Wales
The new Locum A and B forms for England and Wales - use for all invoices for work carried out from 1st April 2017 - have...
NASGP membership free to GP registrars
More newly qualified GPs are becoming GP locums than ever before, yet few if any receive any specific training, or gain ...
Autumn statement brings added uncertainty to limited company locum GPs
Don't just take our word for it
...I wanted to share...how AMAZINGLY GOOD the new NASGP online invoicing system (LocumDe...
February edition of The Sessional GP out now
In our 93rd edition of The Sessional GP, Sonia sets some goals, Judith has been to India, Liz has just finished doing yo...
Indemnity inflation payments for locum GPs
NHS England has, further to its GP Indemnity Review into compensate for 'indemnity inflation', has now said:
The payme...
Merry Christmas from NASGP
Continuing our long tradition of not posting Christmas cards to our network of sessional GP groups, and instead donating...
Clarification from the MPS on corporate malpractice if locuming as a limited company
Several NASGP members have raised concerns through the NASGP Facebook group after being contacted by some practices stat...
BMA, Govt and NHS England agree new GP contract with maximum ‘indicative’ locum rate (England)
NHS England have today released information about the new GP contract agreed by the BMA. In this, NHS England propose se...
BMA model salaried contract for PMS practices slips under radar
Eagle-eyed NASGP member Paula Wright has recently spotted some news that could have a positive impact on potentially tho...
Pre-formatted pension receipts
One of the main reasons a group of sessional GPs founded the NASGP in 1997 was because GP locums were excluded from the ...
Passing on indemnity reimbursement to locum GPs
NASGP's online invoicing system to include facility for locums to add inflationary increase to invoices from April 2017 ...
August magazine out now
Now in smartphone and tablet-friendly format.
In our 90th edition of The Sessional GP magazine, Liz gives the lowdown on...
More money for GP retainer scheme
Practices are to receive an extra £18 for each session the GP retainer works, whilst the retainees themselves will see t...
Capita’s pension invoice teething troubles begins to bite locum GPs
GP locums in England and Wales have been experiencing some issues with the administration of their pension payments sinc...
New sessional GP subcommittee chairman announced
The BMA's GPC sessional GP subcommittee met for its first session of the 2016-2019, and for the first time in 15 years e...
The Sessional GP magazine June 2016
In our 89th edition, Zoe's been at the LMC conference, Liz and Kevin have advice to keep your pocket healthy when you're...
NHSE’s #GPforwardview head in sand on locum workforce
It's ironic that in NHS England's new plan to "stabilise and transform general practice" (General Practice Forward View,...
New locum service in Cornwall
Kernow Health Community Interest Company, owned by local GP partners, has secured funding from NHSE for an IT-based syst...
April 2016 edition of The Sessional GP out now
In the 88th edition of the NASGP's The Sessional GP magazine, Sonia is being assertive, Aimee is giving frozen shoulders...
RCGP’s simplified – and welcome – appraisal guidance
Appraisal is often seen as an onerous task, and has not been helped by ever-expanding guidance from the RCGP over the ye...
February NASGP ‘The Sessional GP’ out now
In our 87th edition of The Sessional GP, Lindsay is back in Australia, Sonia is setting boundaries, Aimee has an update ...
GP locums in bid to support vulnerable practices
The NASGP is excited to learn of a bid led by a GP locum to develop “bottom up” solutions, harnessing the experience of...
December NASGP magazine out now
In our 86th edition, Lindsay tells you how to keep your appraisal up when working overseas, Judith is on a remote Scotti...
Performers Lists – need to get a wiggle on
You'd think with GP recruitment and retention as it is at the moment that NHS England would be a little more slick in pr...
Welcoming practice managers
In recognition of the crucial role that practice managers have in the successful deployment of GP locums, as well as sup...
GPs returning to Wales
Funding in Wales is being diverted away from unused training places and being spent instead on funding a 'surge' in GPs ...
GP locum role in early cancer diagnosis
Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has today reported an "unacceptable variation" between different rates of cancer diagnosis acr...
Advice from CQC on documentation for practices engaging locum GPs
Nigel Sparrow, the CQC's Senior National GP Advisor and Responsible Officer, has published some new helpful guidance to ...
October The Sessional GP out now
In our 85th edition of NASGP's The Sessional GP magazine, Richard runs through what's on the cards for a very different ...
Salaried GPs working less
If the latest annual GP Earnings and Expenses 2013/14 report by the Health and Social Care Information Centre is anythin...
This is why we can’t properly police antibiotic prescribing
Ever seen one of these? If you're a locum GP, you've probably seen dozens. They're little scraps of paper, written by a ...
Appeal to help family of death-out-of-service locum GP
An appeal has begun to raise £100k for family of GP locum Helen Sanderson who died on Christmas eve 2014. Because Helen'...
August magazine
The August edition of the The Sessional GP is out today. Liz outlines the Budget's implications for sessional GPs; Aimee...
Jeremy Hunt, please don’t avoid the locum issue
By Ted Eytan from Washington, DC, USA [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia CommonsJeremy Hunt today announced his new deal for ...
June ‘The Sessional GP’ out now
Jo has a very sad story about how GP locums can really lose out from death-in-service benefits; Liz compares the financi...
GP Partnerships snubbed by sessional GPs
The BMA's recent survey of the profession included just over 3,000 sessional GP respondents.
Work-life balance
Just over...
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