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Thriving as a GP locum - locum guide
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GP locums: The skills we need and how to achieve them - locum GP curriculum
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In our 113th edition, Claire has painted another beautiful cover picture, Isobel has been looking at locums as GP tutors; Judith doesn't want us going backwards, and Louise has an update on AAA; Nigel...
In our 111th edition, Louise provides a roundup of Nice's clinical guideline on management of thyroid disease, Liz gives some more advice on returning to work after maternity leave, Rachel goes throug...
Richard Fieldhouse reviews the latest edition of The Sessional GP magazine. In our 110th edition, Rachel has some seasonal advice, Tina loves LocumDeck, Claire has some warming paintings for us, Judit...
In our 109th edition, Alacoque describes a legal case where a locum's tax status was different to their legal status, Rachel's being a Good Samaritan, Judith's been looking at therapeutic spaces, Loui...
The Royal Opera House orchestra was rehearsing Die Walküre. For more than three hours violist Chris Goldscheider sat in front of twenty brass players belting out Wagner at 90dB. His hearing was perma...
In our 108th edition, Judith makes a noise about being quiet, Liz summarises everything a newly qualified GP needs to know about getting their tax in order, Nigel helps us plan for when our offspring ...
In post-war Italy TB was still rife and notices in buses commanded “No Spitting”. In Britain in 1946 the message “Coughs and sneezes spread diseases” promoted the use of handkerchiefs to catch...
NASGP chairman Richard Fieldhouse reviews the latest edition of The Sessional GP magazine. In our 107th edition, Louise has not one but two COPD-related e-learning articles; Judith has been washing he...
Richard reviews the latest edition of The Sessional GP magazine.
In our 106th edition, Liz takes us through five taxing days, Nigel has some top tips for locums on getting a mortgage, Louise reviews t...
Recently, in Tromsø, the Arctic capital of Norway, I came across the name Carleton Gajdusek. That name took me back many years and halfway round the globe to a village in the Fore district of Papua N...
Richard reviews the latest edition of The Sessional GP.
In this 105th edition, Sara concludes her article on a fresh pair of eyes; Judith would rather we didn't eat each other; Rachel has some news on...
Scroll down to the bottom of the page to listen to our podcast with Zoe in conversation with Richard Fieldhouse on her journey to a destination that's almost completely free of social media.
I was ...
As I was shepherded into a dimly-lit lift, I was expecting an exhibition designed to titillate and shock.
How do you react to seeing a man standing, flayed of his skin, his internal organs on view, hi...
Zoe Neill had begun to feel trapped as a GP partner. She describes her journey, and speaks to Richard Fieldhouse in our latest podcast.
Time was when the look of disappointment from a GP colleague wou...
In our 104th edition, Judith has been visiting some plastinated bodies, Zoe has given up Facebook, Louise has been reviewing contraception for the over-40s, Sara's been reflecting on continuity, Liz i...
Dr Richard Fieldhouse and Dr Sara Chambers review the latest edition of The Sessional GP Magazine. In our 103rd edition, Richard finishes off his series on learning from mistakes in healthcare; Judith...
In our 102nd edition of the Sessional GP Magazine, Richard carries on with the second part in his series on errors and bias, Louise reviews Nice's latest on hearing loss and ear wax, Judith on why med...
What can we learn from the Faroe Islands, between Shetland and Iceland, about their pilot whale hunt, to would help make public health in UK more effective?
The Islands and the Whales is a documentary...
In our 101st edition, Richard kicks off about blame in the NHS, Judith shows how health evidence is changing a culture and protecting the environment, Liz on working less but earning more, Kate on why...
Judith Harvey is recently back from Colombia, which is slowly recovering from decades of violence brought about by its illegal manufacture and export of cocaine.
Twenty-five years ago Medellín in Col...
Podcast notes
00.55 Presidential superpowers
03:24 Largest Royal college, 66 years old
04:07 Listening exercise - "How do we need to change?"
07:19 co-producers; working with the people you serve
08:...
To mark the 100th edition of the NASGP’s The Sessional GP magazine, as well as 2018 being the 20th anniversary of the NASGP, we’ve teamed up with Health Poverty Action’s As One campaign to be ou...
In our 100th edition, we announce our new partnership with Health Poverty Action; Judith has been to Colombia, Liz Densley on getting a mortgage, Nigel on Death in Service; Rachel on sessional GPs and...
After several pilots, Extended Access (EA) or hub working is being rolled out nationally. This article captures the experience of working in such setting as a sessional GP, based on my own and that of...
Jodie Blackadder, RCGP First5 Chair, shares her committee aims for 2017-2019.
Listen to our interview with Jodie
Entering an uncertain working world as a newly qualified GP can be a scary prospect:...