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 | The Sessional GP Magazine February 2020
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...Podcast | The Sessional GP Magazine December 2019
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...Podcast | October 2019 magazine out now
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...Podcast | Quiet please
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...Podcast | The Sessional GP magazine August 2019
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 ...Podcast | Now wash your hands
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...Podcast | June 2019 ‘The Sessional GP’ magazine
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...Podcast | The Sessional GP magazine April 2019
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...Podcast | Eating people is wrong: Kuru and cannibalism
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...Podcast | The Sessional GP magazine February 2019
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...Podcast | Saying farewell to social media
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 ...Podcast | Getting under your skin; a visit to Body Worlds and the art of plastination
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...Podcast | Oh, you’re a GP locum; the rise of the portfolio GP
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...Podcast | The Sessional GP magazine December 2018
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...Podcast | The sessional Magazine October 2018
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...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...