Sessional GPs - Why a locum's work is more risky
24 Mar 2011 | by Dr Judith Harvey
Locums must heed the higher risk of mistakes compared with other GPs, says Dr Judith Harvey.
Revalidation need be no more of a challenge to locums than it is for other GPs, says Dr Linda...Being a locum GP with a portfolio career is a positive choice for many. With planning, revalidation and annual appraisal need be no more of a challenge for locums than for other GPs. The Revalidation Support Team pilot scheme in London that started last month and continues until December 2011 ...
Locums must heed the higher risk of mistakes compared with other GPs, says Dr Judith Harvey.
sessions or locuming in a single practice'. Lack of contacts with other sessionals or other GPs, poor ...
of experienced sessional GPs are not so different to those of other GPs. So the possible roles they could take ... executive or finance director roles. If not at consortium level, other ways of being involved ... and management roles working for PCTs doing practice-based commissioning and other work. GPs' involvement ...
to negotiate holidays with three other partners with school-aged children. You are your own boss. This has its ... fit work around family and other commitments. Take a holiday any time you wish. Being a locum ... surgeon on the other two. Or spend six months as a full-time GP in the UK and six months with Medecins ...
need to be aware of your own qualities and of how others perceive you professionally Think about ... groups or other educational groups in if you can put on a session. You may want to organise some ... out about groups in your locality by asking other sessional GPs, your primary care organisation ...
Some GPs love the flexibility of locum work. Others are only doing it while looking for a ... , usually from both locum and other work. Fees at the low end of some regional ranges suggest some locums ... gradually reducing time commitment.' Independence Others choose to be locums because they prefer ...
is increasing. 'Locums are simply fully qualified GPs, the same as every other GP, yet are clearly suffering ... combined locum sessions with other commitments such as part-time salaried GP posts. Only 32 per cent ... of England is prepared to work a half-day for just 100 while the half-day average for other locums ...
educational role, while others are happy to circulate details of available locum work from practice managers ... . Other opportunities might include family planning work or travel clinics. If you are finding ... in a journal or on your LMC website. Some locums work directly for practices while others rely ...
pension forms option. All of this data can be manipulated into graphs or even exported to other software ... . Other: Calendar synchronising, back-ups. Drawbacks PennyPerfect does have a ... at the Windows PC market. Other negative points include the inability to make adjustments and record debts ...
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