Barrister Michael Paulin explains the steps that practices can take to ensure that they are not subject to costly legal action from a disgruntled locum Locum GPs are often the mainstay for many ...

There are many benefits to being part of a chambers if you are a locum GP, but what ...

How safe are we in the hands of locum staff at NHS hospitals? A shortage of doctors across the NHS has resulted in more shifts being filled by medics on locum contracts. The latest year-on-year ...

Q . I run a GP surgery which has recently become much busier and so I'm thinking of engaging a locum to help out with the extra work. Can you advise me as to the correct tax treatment for payments I ...

GP practices are in no way ‘cutting back’ on employing locums despite reports of a scarcity of work, according to the National Association of Sessional GPs (NASGP). NASGP chair Dr Richard Fieldhouse ...

Not a single person has applied for a job vacancy to work as a GP in a Pembrokeshire surgery in the last nine months, a report states, external. Goodwick Surgery in Pembrokeshire has no permanent ...

Consultants on temporary contracts account for more than 16pc of doctors working in Irish hospitals, new figures show. The shortage of consultants across the HSE has resulted in more shifts being ...