One in four general practitioners - fully qualified doctors specialising in family medicine - in the UK work as freelance locum GPs. We're the most professionally isolated of all workers in the National Health Service NHS, and the NASGP exists to support both locum GPs and salaried GPs to improve patient care and make their work more fulfilling and enjoyable.
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In this informative podcast, hosted by NASGP, consultant ophthalmologist Nigel Davies from St Thomas’ Hospital shares practical insights on diagnosing and managing common eye conditions in general practice. Nigel offers a structured approach to assessing eye problems, focusing on symptoms and signs, not just diagnoses. The session also covers pract…
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In this informative session hosted by the National Association of Sessional GPs (NASGP), Victoria (Tori) Ferguson, a tax manager at Honey Barrett, shares essential advice for GP locums on managing their finances, tax obligations, and pensions. Tori, a chartered tax advisor, offers a comprehensive guide tailored to GPs who are new to locuming or tho…
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This webinar from Dr. Eloise Elphinstone provides an update on managing unscheduled bleeding in postmenopausal women on hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Key points include new guidance on assessing bleeding risk factors and adjusting HRT regimens. Case studies demonstrate approaches to controlling bleeding through modifying estrogen and progester…
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Join Dr Richard Fieldhouse as he talks with Dr Jennie Ferrie, a seasoned GP with a rich international background, now practicing as a locum in New Zealand. In this episode, Dr Ferrie shares her journey from the UK to New Zealand, detailing the nuances of locum work in rural areas, the challenges and rewards of adapting to a different healthcare sys…
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Join Dr Andrew Whittamore, jobbing GP and clinical lead for Asthma+Lung UK, as he delves into the latest strategies and treatments for managing asthma effectively. In this informative session, we explore the essentials of asthma, principles of treatment, and how to support patients towards achieving better asthma control. From understanding asthma …
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In this informative episode of our dermatology-focused podcast, Dr George Moncrief, a retired GP with a profound interest and extensive experience in dermatology, delves into common dermatological conditions, offering his insights into their diagnosis, management, and treatment. Dr Moncrief shares his journey from practising as a GP to specialising…
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Join Richard Fieldhouse and Tori Ferguson as they delve into the world of tax advice for GP locums in this episode of the Art of GP Locuming podcast. Tori, a Tax Advisor for Honey Barrett, shares her expert insights on a range of topics including tax returns, pension statements, and the value of using a tax adviser. She also provides practical tips…
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Join Dr Sam Merriel, an experienced GP and NIHR academic clinical lecturer from the University of Manchester, as he shares his insights on prostate cancer diagnosis in primary care. In this informative session, Dr Merriel discusses the risk factors, recent changes in the diagnostic pathway, and the importance of PSA blood testing. Discover how thes…
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Join Dr Eloise Elphinstone, a GP with a special interest in women's health, as she provides an insightful update on ovarian cancer, focusing on its implications for general practice. In this webinar, Dr Elphinstone, who works in SW London and has extensive experience in menopause and postnatal health, delves into the complexities of diagnosing and …
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In this enlightening talk, hosted by the National Association of Sessional GPs (NASGP), we delve into the critical role of primary care in the cancer pathway. The discussion covers early diagnosis challenges, personalised cancer care (PCC), effective referral processes, support during and post-treatment, and the importance of integrated care. This …
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Welcome to our latest episode, where we dive into the inspiring world of Dr Amy Small. A GP locum with a rich tapestry of experiences, Amy has navigated her career through various roles, from a GP partner in Scotland to a salaried GP in London and a locum in Sheffield. Her journey doesn't stop there; as a passionate advocate in medical politics, sh…
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Dr Andy Whittamore has been a GP Partner in the Portsmouth area for 17 years. In that time he has developed an interest in respiratory medicine and gone on to hold a number of regional and national roles. Over the last 7 years he has spent 2 days per week as Clinical Lead for Asthma and Lung UK and has recently worked as NHS England's Clinical Cham…
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Nick Pollard and Dr Elizabeth McNaught of Family Mental Wealth CIC explain the work they do, provide advice for GPs and answer audience questions at NASGP's September 2023 webinar. Get 50% off e-learning at familymentalwealth.com by logging into your NASGP members offers section for a discount code. Get an invite to our next free event at https://n…
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Terry Bentley-Darby BA (Hons) is a Senior Tax Manager at Randall & Payne, members of the Association of Independent Specialist Medical Accountants (AISMA). He works for a portfolio of clients particularly in the medical sector. Terry answered questions around VAT, slef-employed vs limited company, NHS pensions and much more.…
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GPs can learn more about oesophageal cancer by listening to this podcast, or watching a recording of our June 2023 event on YouTube https://youtu.be/dRg2i1WXebk Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald of Heartburn Cancer UK led ‘Oesophageal cancer: what GPs need to know’, NASGP’s clinical lunchtime webinar for June.…
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Dr Charlie Andrews from Crohn's & Colitis UK. Also view on YouTube GP resources: https://crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/our-work/healthcare-professionals/community-healthcare-professionalsΑπό τον National Association of Sessional GPs
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On 01 September 2022 we were delighted to host Dr Helen Garr, Medical Director from Practitioner Health, to our regular monthly educational webinar. What are the signs and symptoms, and what can you do about it? You can also watch this talk as a YouTube video here https://youtu.be/M1uSNNjgRC8Από τον National Association of Sessional GPs
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Welcome to this recording of June 2022’s NASGP monthly lunchtime webinar, where we are joined by Dr Tony Downs for a talk on the management of actinic keratosis. As well as hosting as live events, we also publish these as a YouTube video and a podcast, and include a link to the slides in each episode’s show notes. Look out for your Monday morning e…
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Dr Tina Peers joins us from The Menopause Consultancy in a talk to 40 NASGP members, followed by a Q&A. View Tina's slides, or view on YouTube.Από τον National Association of Sessional GPs
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Judith Harvey speaks to Richard Fieldhouse about the seventh age of man and her latest article on the NASGP website https://www.nasgp.org.uk/resource/judith-harvey-netflixs-my-love-is-an-uplifting-watch-for-us-gpsΑπό τον National Association of Sessional GPs
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How many New Year Resolutions have you kept? If I don’t get around to clearing out the box room, no-one is going to hold me to account and it isn’t the end of the world. How many countries fulfil their undertakings to cut carbon emissions? If the nations of the world fail to cut carbon emissions, the world may indeed end. If it ends, who would hold…
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Judith Harvey speaks to Dr Richard Fieldhouse about her article on the critically acclaimed documentary '76 days', shot during the very first days of the pandemic.Από τον National Association of Sessional GPs
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Dr Leila Saeed is a GP in Buckinghamshire, and talks to NASGP chairman Dr Richard Fieldhouse about approaching difficult consultations with patients. Original article.Από τον National Association of Sessional GPs
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https://youtu.be/u4wdyASH0UI - In our 114th edition, Claire shares some flowers with us; Victoria is sceptical about the rollout of remote consultations, and Richard has similar feelings about locum banks; Rachel has advice about the coming winter and...Από τον National Association of Sessional GPs
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https://youtu.be/gsLTy0Wr2gAIn our 113th edition, Claire has painted another beautiful cover picture, Isobel has been looking at locums as GP tutors; Judith doesn't want us going backwards, and Louise has an update on AAA; Nigel has an update both on DIS and some childcare help; Liz has an SEISS update and Rachel has some good advice for when we're…
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Richard Fieldhouse reviews the latest edition of the Sessional GP magazine. In our 112th edition, Liz has summarised the government's advice about financial support for locums; Rachel from MPS has advice on how to practise in these times; Judith's been keeping a diary; Louise has reviewed the latest guidance on leg ulcer management and Nigel's look…
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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 through some scenarios when locums give feedback to practi...Από τον National Association of Sessional GPs
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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, Judith unmasks a ruthless dictator, Louise gives a comprehensive rundown of hypertension in pregnancy and Liz has some great tips if you're in the process …
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A partner in a North London practice was feeling burned out. The crushing target-chasing workload was no longer offset by the reward of helping patients. The BNF had no remedy for the distresses of modern life which patients were bringing into her consulting room. She, like her patients, was ground down.Casting about for a way of reviving the sense…
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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, Louise has summarised the Nice hypertension guidelines for us, plus much more.Scroll down to hear the podcast.Click to view the magazine…
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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 permanently damaged. The Opera House argued that artistic standards took precedence over the risk of acoustic shock, but the courts thought otherwise and aw…
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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 go off to university, Louise has been making sense of LFTs and Rachel has something to teach us about learning.Scroll down to hear the podcast.Click t…
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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 the germ-laden droplets. Presumably a reasonably successful public health campaign, although if you are trapped like a sardine in a rush-hour tube train, you…
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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 her hands, Liz has been answering your tax questions, Rachel has some advice about medical hierarchy, and Kate has been making stress her friend, all wi…
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London’s Wigmore Hall is a temple of high culture. The audience is packed with musicians. Sometimes I feel I’m the only person who couldn’t be up there performing the work. But recently I joined forty people, some able, some less able, in mind and body, for a ‘Big Sing’. Everyone seemed to feel at home. In the morning we learned to sing simple song…
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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 the latest SIGN guidance on alcohol in pregnancy, Sara highlights the roles of locums in quality improvement, Rachel looks at the risks around burnout, …
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NASGP member Eva Kalmus describes how she became co-chair of the new GeriGP group of the British Geriatrics Society (BGS), and why being a portfolio GP has never been boring.When I did my GP training, about half of the GP trainees undertook a self-made rotation of approved jobs, followed by a year in general practice to qualify. Some studied for MR…
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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 New Guinea. A man is standing in the doorway of his hut, clinging to the doorpost, his head nodding, before making his way unsteadily, emaciated and ata…
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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 medical indemnity; Liz answers your Type-2 queries; Eva and Nicky have both explored specialties outside of primary care that have enhanced their enjo…
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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 an early adopter of social networking, in the days when dial-up was it. I had to phone switchboard when I was on nights at the QE Hospital in King’s Lynn …
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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, his muscles brick red, his blue eyes staring out at you? Or what about the trio posed round a table playing poker? You may have seen them in the film Cas…
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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 would have got me down. “I was a full-time partner for 9 years,” I would proffer, but they had already moved on to someone far more erudite and accomplish…
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Few things in Cuba are easy. Most countries faced with what Cuba has lived with for more than half a century would be failed states. Cuba keeps going, with hardship and sacrifice, but a shared vision.The reputation of Cuba’s health service – providing rich-country outcomes on a poor-country budget – attracts interest from politically aware medical …
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Richard and Sara run through the December edition of the Sessional GP Magazine 2017. In our 98th edition, Liz clarifies your tax schedule, Nigel has great news for locum parents; Judith's Cuban experience, Kelly's turning her experience to the benefit ...Από τον National Association of Sessional GPs
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Mrs Jones likes blue pills; they work better than those pink ones – even though they are the same drug. But she wouldn’t touch blue mashed potato.Wine buffs rate a wine higher if they believe it is expensive. Consumers are sure that a brand name product is superior to an identical generic, whether it be atenolol or cornflakes. The kids won’t eat bu…
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Podcast | IR35, endometriosis, airline pilots and the Birmingham LMC conference - NASGP | The art of GP locuming
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In our latest podcast, Richard and Sara talk about a recent encounter with an airline pilot; Louise's latest review of the NICE endometriosis guidelines; a new article on the IR35 intermediaries legislation and also some recommendations for podcasts,Από τον National Association of Sessional GPs
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Podcast | The Best practice conference and eating disorders - NASGP | The art of GP locuming
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It's been a busy week at the NASGP, having published our magazine last week, attended the Best Practice conference in Birmingham earlier in the week, and meeting lots of NASGP members and new GP locums and practice managers. And also,Από τον National Association of Sessional GPs
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Podcast | Review of the October 2017 edition of the NASGP’s The Sessional GP magazine - NASGP | The art of GP locuming
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Sara and Richard review the latest edition of The Sessional GP magazine. In the magazine, Kate runs us through mindfulness, Judith wonders why we don't prescribe placebos more often, Liz gives us the lowdown on selling your rented property,Από τον National Association of Sessional GPs
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Podcast | Starting out as a GP locum Part 3 – Reactive vs proactive booking, Instant Book and chambers - NASGP | The art of GP locuming
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In part three of our mini-series on starting out as a locum GP, Richard and Sara talk about the concept of 'proactive' and 'reactive' bookings, LocumDeck's Instant Book and GP locum chambers.Από τον National Association of Sessional GPs
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In our second episode on getting started as a GP locum, Richard and Sara talk about how to develop your booking process (and what that actually is!), and fine tuning your T&Cs. Listen now at the bottom of this page, or subscribe online.Από τον National Association of Sessional GPs
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