Gary Hughes is a practice manager and partner with 12 years’ experience.
He explains how practices like his are coping with the pandemic, how Covid-19 has affected their outlook for using locums, and his advice on how to get a salaried post at a GP practice you like.
Tell us about the profile of the practice that you manage.
I manage a training practice of 14,000 patients with six partners. Our patient list has grown about 23% in five years and we have a full multi-disciplinary team. And we use GP locums regularly. We have two currently working in the practice on a fairly long term basis. We work hard at fostering good relations with our locums, and we have a big list of locums we work with.
