Practices across Essex will receive an additional £250,000 on top of £150,000 already received to boost their local workforce by hiring freelance GPs and nurses. Essex is particularly at risk from a GP recruitment crisis due to being surrounded either by sea, London and the Cambridge area. Although this money has now been pledged by Health Education England, what’s not clear is where these GPs and nurses are actually going to come from. Read more in this exclusive article from Pulse.
"The security that LocumDeck brings with the comprehensive terms and conditions, and clarity around the workload I am willing to undertake isn’t there if I agree to a booking via email. It is when practices book through LocumDeck. This is what makes LocumDeck such a powerful tool. It gives me confidence knowing that I’m not going to get inundated with an unsafe surgery or workload."
Dr Charles Elliott, former GP locum (now partner) and Chambers lead, Frimley