NASGP Knowledgebase: free GP articles and resources

Podcast: Post-traumatic growth for GPs with Dr Amrita Sen Mukherjee

Richard talks to Dr Sen Mukherjee – GP, wellbeing advocate, and founder of Your Wellbeing Doctor – about her journey through medicine.

NASGP template: CPD time request letter for salaried GPs per contract

This article offers a straightforward letter template to help salaried GPs ask clearly and fairly for their CPD time.

Salaried GPs

Reporting a crime: confidentiality considerations for GP locums

Dr Emma Green, medicolegal consultant at Medical Protection, advises.

The need for a DBS certificate for GP locums: safety, trust, compliance

It's mandatory – a legal requirement – to have an up-to-date, enhanced DBS.

GP locums

When your patient is a doctor: considerations for GP locums

Dr Sophie Haroon, medicolegal consultant at Medical Protection, reflects on navigating the sometimes complicated doctor-‘doctor-patient’ relationship

Risk management

What makes a great LocumDeck bio for a GP locum?

A LocumDeck bio is your chance to showcase your skills, experience, and personality to potential clients or employers.

GP locums

Intrauterine ball (‘Ballerine’, IUB) – FSRH guidance for GPs (2023)

The Intrauterine ball (IUB) is otherwise known as Ballerine and is a copper IUD.

Podcast: Better outcomes for patients with ADHD and autism

Clinical psychologists Dr Jess Gough and Dr Alesia Moulton-Perkins provide a comprehensive overview of ADHD and autism diagnosis, treatment, and patient care for GPs.

Optimising your locum profile: tips for better bookings and rates

Some key ways to enhance your profile and secure more bookings.

Working as a GP

GP locum agencies and exclusivity clauses: risks to GP locums

While agencies may argue that exclusivity clauses compensate them for the initial introduction to a practice, in practice, these clauses often serve to restrict GP locums and protect agency profits at the expense of doctors and practices alike.

GP locums

Podcast: Dr Kalindi Tumurugoti, GP – beyond borders

Join us for a insightful conversation with Dr Kalindi Tumurugoti, who explores his remarkable career path as an international medical graduate turned GP.

Podcasts

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.

Minimum GP sessions for appraisal – structured reflective template

Download a template from us. You can also see NHS guidance on low-volume work at the link below.

Appraisal

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.

Bank holidays, school terms and half-term breaks: 2027 dates for GPs

Use our resource to add your availability on LocumDeck well in advance.

Annualisation for sessional GPs in the NHS Pension Scheme

Our guide is designed to offer help and support for GPs who are wondering whether or not they need to annualise their income. A new feature on LocumDeck will help you see your pensionable pay based on the date worked and the number of days of pensionable service.

Preventing type 2 diabetes: guidance for GPs (SIGN, 2025)

This is a new guideline from SIGN on preventing Type 2 Diabetes. It was published in March 2025.

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.

Supporting doctors who undertake a low volume of GP clinical work

The RCGP has produced a guide for doctors including GPs who undertake a low volume of clinical work in general practice.

Blogs

Dr Judith Harvey: Women who dared to be doctors

It will take time to reach equality at the top of the career ladders, but we’re getting there – two centuries since we had to be male impersonators.

Dr Judith Harvey

Three ways to pay your annual allowance liability

If after evaluating your annual allowance position you discover you have an pension tax liability, read Roy Hinton’s article to see three pays to pay.