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Membership of the BMA's sessional GP subcommittee has doubled after its first elections since...wholly or primarily to sessional GPs. Ten new members were elected. The sessional GP subcommittee was expanded as part of reforms to bolster representation of sessional GPs. Dr Vicky Weeks, chairwoman of the sessional GPs subcommittee, called the elections an 'exciting step forward'. 'Enhancing ...
Dr Jenny Wilson explains how her GP role has changed and guesses at what it might be by 2020....-employed sessional work. This would not suit every GP but there may come a time when the freelance lifestyle beckons even the most committed GP principal. This is how my career changed. New Year 1996 Aged 33, I ... myself reflecting on 10 years as a partner. Now a GP trainer and, unexpectedly, lead partner at my ...
Career development is essential personally and professionally for all GPs, but is it more ... during school holidays or for single-handed GPs when they are away. Out-of-hours work will also ... and suggesting you run a session for GP registrars about working as a locum. If you are doing a longer term ...
Why are 15,500 GPs held in poor regard? It is because they are locums. Every practice needs a ... . They are a vital part of the GP workforce. But despite the skill and flexibility that it takes to sit down ... practice wants a magic wand, and the staff secretly hope a locum will be a replica of the GP into whose ...
In order to obtain sufficient work as a locum GP it is important to do your research and to market ... . Calling all GP locums Take part in our survey about your work as a locum you could win 100 of Amazon vouchers. The survey is in partnership with the National Association of Sessional GPs ...
More than two thirds of sessional GPs say they have received no communication from PCTs...A survey of 233 locum and salaried GPs by the National Association of Sessional GPs (NASGP) found ... chairman Dr Richard Fieldhouse warned that consortia were failing to engage sessional GPs through 'sheer ignorance' or because they have no means of contacting them directly. One GP in East Sussex, responding ...
Dr Nonye Agomo describes the ups and downs of opting for sessional work after her GP training....Being confronted by the stark reality of few practice posts has driven many a newly qualified GP ... 's business responsibilities. But what is life as a locum GP really like? This is how ... two years ago, when I announced that I had an interview for a salaried GP post. The colleague thought ...
For GP locums, revalidation is like DIY car maintenance....Unlike GPs working in conventional practices with ready access to close-at-hand resources, GP ... credits. MOT tests Revalidation is akin to a MOT test. As with cars, there are different GP 'types ... ; and of course, GP locums. My main car is a youngish second-hand VW Golf. It is safe, efficient and performs ...
Practices should acknowledge that GP locums have valuable skills, says Dr Judith Harvey..... They are a valuable resource: highly-trained GPs who often have a lot of experience that can be useful ... of acromegaly. Humbling though it may be for GP partners to acknowledge the fact, for some patients a locum ... be tomorrow's salaried GP or partner. Make friends with your locum If locums tell you ...
There's a call to start identifying GP consortia leaders on the letters page of this week's GP...Elsewhere in GP, Dr Richard Fieldhouse, chief executive of the National Association of Sessional GPs, argues that locum GPs' independence makes them best placed to lead commissioning consortia ... than a large number of practices. GP ran its first locums conference last week and impending ...
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