Why join NASGP
As the UK’s only independent membership body representing flexible, urgent, and community-based healthcare professionals, NASGP is at the forefront of sector change. Our members benefit from career-long support, peer connection, advocacy, and an evolving toolkit designed to help them thrive in an increasingly dynamic NHS landscape. Whether you’re building a portfolio career or seeking variety in your work, we’re here to back you every step of the way.
We are not an agency, we are a national membership body, sustaining the local workforce. We connect sessional GPs directly with practices through our work management platform LocumDeck, and provide resources to support their careers.
Join a community of healthcare professionals
At NASGP, we welcome GPs and clinicians seeking greater flexibility, autonomy, and support in their careers. By joining our national community, you’ll become part of a network of thousands of like-minded professionals embracing a modern, sessional way of working. Our tailored resources and award-winning work management platform, LocumDeck, put you firmly in control of your workload, career direction, and work-life balance.
Provider Organisations
We offer provider organisations streamlined, non-agency access to a high-quality pool of sessional GPs and clinicians. Our clinician-led approach ensures better alignment with the realities of practice and patient needs. Whether you require urgent cover or long-term flexibility, we make it easy to find with our platform LocumDeck while supporting a more sustainable healthcare system.
Partnerships
NASGP works hand-in-hand with partners to deliver workforce solutions rooted in local context and NHS strategy. Through decentralised support and real-time workforce data, we enable more informed, cost-effective planning. Our mission is to reduce dependency on costly agency staff and help shape a workforce that’s resilient, efficient, and accessible to patients when and where they need it.
NASGP is the UK’s membership body for sessional GPs and clinicians, unlocking flexible workforce capacity and driving integration for a more efficient NHS.
What our members are saying
"I was introduced to the local locum chambers several months ago when I made a career move from partnership. I now combine salaried and locum roles. The chambers provides helpful support, leadership, advice and governance and reduces professional isolation. This combination of support reassures me and helps me provide safe and consistent care to patients within the community . There is a useful, innovative online portal - LocumDeck - which helps me access local work and which has efficient systems for reconciliation of finance including pensions. I would highly recommend joining a locum chambers for any GPs starting out in the locum world ."
"LocumDeck has been a very useful platform for me as I have only started being a GP locum from March this year. The transition from salaried GP to GP locum was smooth for me due to LocumDeck. It has been a very useful platform for me to get bookings and also to keep on top of the administrative side including invoices. It is very easy to manage my availability and terms and conditions which otherwise would be a difficult matter for a GP locum to go through during each booking. I also have used the FAQ section for help with pensions and other issues with GP locum work and have found this very useful. "
"Thank you for many years of help and support in an increasingly difficult job as a sessional GP in the NHS."
"Once we tried LocumDeck there was no going back. The platform has reduced the amount of admin time spent engaging and booking GP locums. It's been great to have all of the HR checks available in one place: no need to recruit new or to send out endless mailings to a group of trusted GP locums to see their availability."
"Your platform is such a pleasure to use – so easy and clear to navigate. I am already excited as having published shifts today three hours ago and already had four GPs requesting to fill them. I can see all their qualifications and any questions they have.
I have worked in workforce and temporary staffing roles for ages and had numerous interactions with agencies. LocumDeck is so much better than any other booking systems I have used before."
"I have already managed to get some locum sessions via LocumDeck and I have now been generating invoices with ease by using the online system. It has been amazing! It is great to have all your paperwork in one place and this makes life easier for the practices as well as for yourself."
"I was delighted to have been invited to join GP locum chambers. I enjoy great peer support from my colleagues via our monthly meetings, which has been helpful to me discussing some specific things that arise with GP locum working. I have found LocumDeck really straightforward to use and immensely helpful; in particular invoicing and the pension forms A and B has cut down my admin time dramatically, which I’m pleased about. The support from NASGP's membership support manager, is excellent, friendly and knowledgeable. I would recommend NASGP chambers to anyone working or thinking of working as a GP locum."
Be a locum voice for change in your area
Become a local ambassador for GP locums
Your support, through membership, Instant Book, or simply spreading the word, helps us keep flying the flag for GP locums. It keeps us independent. It keeps us growing. And it keeps the future of general practice in the hands of those who know it best: you.
FAQs
Who can join the NASGP community?
Any GP or clinician working flexibly, including locums, salaried doctors, and portfolio professionals, is welcome to join NASGP.
How does LocumDeck benefit healthcare providers?
LocumDeck offers providers real-time access to available GPs, streamlines bookings, and reduces reliance on expensive agencies—saving time and resources.
What makes NASGP different from an agency?
We’re a clinician-led membership organisation, not an agency. Our model prioritises control, transparency, and sustainable workforce solutions for both clinicians and practices.
How can my organisation become a partner?
We work with NHS bodies, ICSs, PCNs, and provider organisations. Reach out through our Partnerships page to explore collaboration opportunities.
Is NASGP membership suitable for newly qualified GPs?
Yes, we offer comprehensive support tailored to early-career professionals, helping them navigate the flexible workforce with confidence.
Created by NASGP
Dr Richard Fieldhouse and Dr Sara Chambers founded NASGP in 1997 to provide healthcare professionals with an independent membership body that supports and enables practices and GP locums to work more efficiently together.
Supporting all locums and practices
In 2021, we expanded LocumDeck to include nurses, nursing associates, and healthcare assistants in addition to GP locums, and in 2023, we further broadened our platform to support general practice administrators and receptionists.
Meet the team
Our team works closely with our wide community of stakeholders – GP locums, GP practices, and a large number of eminent partners across UK healthcare to ensure our platform delivers what you need.
Find GP locum work without using an agency!
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