NASGP's The Art of GP Locuming is an expanding series of handbooks and podcasts to help you get the most out of working as a GP locum.
Thriving as a GP locum - locum guide
The definitive GP locum guide covering over 40 pages of everything you need to make sure you thrive as a GP locum.
GP locums: The skills we need and how to achieve them - locum GP curriculum
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Podcast | August edition of The Sessional GP magazine
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...Podcast | Understanding denial – a visit to the Faroe Islands
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...Podcast | The Sessional GP Magazine June 2018
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...Podcast | Sin City – the redemption
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 | Interview with Professor Mayur Lakhani, RCGP President
Podcast notes00.55 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:...Podcast | As One, 100 – launching our partnership with Health Poverty Action
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...Podcast | 100th edition of The Sessional GP magazine
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...Podcast | Hub life
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...Podcast | First5 – bridging the gap, with Jodie Weinstein-Blackadder
Jodie Blackadder, RCGP First5 Chair, shares her committee aims for 2017-2019.Listen to our interview with JodieEntering an uncertain working world as a newly qualified GP can be a scary prospect:...Podcast | February 2018 edition of The Sessional GP magazine
In our 99th edition, Kate is no so sweet on sugar; Judith has us whacking mouldywarps, Rachel has some advice about the new European data protection laws, Nigel pits pensions against mortgages, Emma e...Podcast | No es fácil: clinical electives in Cuba
Few things in Cuba are easy. Most countries faced with what Cuba has lived with for more than half a century would be failed states. Cuba keeps going, with hardship and sacrifice, but a shared vision....Podcast | The Sessional GP Magazine December 2017
Richard and Sara run through the December edition of the Sessional GP Magazine 2017. In our 98th edition, Liz clarifies your tax schedule, Nigel has great news for locum parents; Judith's Cuban exper...Podcast | Should GPs prescribe placebos?
Mrs Jones likes blue pills; they work better than those pink ones – even though they are the same drug. But she wouldn’t touch blue mashed potato. Wine buffs rate a wine higher if they believe it ...Podcast | IR35, endometriosis, airline pilots and the Birmingham LMC conference
In our latest podcast, Richard and Sara talk about a recent encounter with an airline pilot; Louise's latest review of the NICE endometriosis guidelines; a new article on the IR35 intermediaries legis...Podcast | The Best practice conference and eating disorders
It's been a busy week at the NASGP, having published our magazine last week, attended the Best Practice conference in Birmingham earlier in the week, and meeting lots of NASGP members and new GP locum...Podcast | Review of the October 2017 edition of the NASGP’s The Sessional GP magazine
Sara and Richard review the latest edition of The Sessional GP magazine. In the magazine, Kate runs us through mindfulness, Judith wonders why we don't prescribe placebos more often, Liz gives us the ...Podcast | Starting out as a GP locum Part 3 – Reactive vs proactive booking, Instant Book and chambers
In part three of our mini-series on starting out as a locum GP, Richard and Sara talk about the concept of 'proactive' and 'reactive' bookings, LocumDeck's Instant Book and GP locum chambers.See als...Podcast | Get started as a GP locum – part 2
In our second episode on getting started as a GP locum, Richard and Sara talk about how to develop your booking process (and what that actually is!), and fine tuning your T&Cs. Listen now at the b...Podcast | Bloody Hell – the global curse of menstruation
You are 13 years old. Your family is poor. Each month you have to take a week off school. In a few months you are so behind in your school work that you drop out for ever. You live in an African count...Podcast | August 2017 edition of The Sessional GP Magazine
Sara Chambers and Richard Fieldhouse review this month's edition of The Sessional GP Magazine (see below).Are GP hubs all they're made out to be? Do you understand what 'payment on account'? When di...Podcast | Why did we call it LocumDeck?
It actually took us a while what to call it. Richard Fieldhouse and Sara Chambers help explain not just why we call it LocumDeck, but also something about what it does and how it empowers locum GPs. Y...Podcast | June 2017 edition of The Sessional GP
Richard Fieldhouse gives a brief tour of the latest edition of The Sessional GP, starting with capturing evidence for NHS appraisal, the latest on ISA savings, NHS pension scheme, Irritable bladder sy...Podcast | Get started as a GP locum part 1
Sara Chambers and Richard Fieldhouse talk about getting started as a locum GP from the viewpoint of having just qualified. We cover who to notify, the positives of being a locum, what kit you'll need,...Podcast | April edition of The Sessional GP
In our 94th edition, Kate helps you to get a good night's sleep, Liz has the latest on IR35, Sonia has more on goal-setting, Judith's intelligence is far from artificial, Rachel on GMC's latest on con...Podcast | The Sessional GP magazine December 2016
In our 92nd edition, Sara reflects on the importance of being a member of a sessional GP group as an antidote to the social media echo chamber; Judith's been reading a few books which may well be the...