The COVID-19 pandemic took a significant toll on healthcare providers. As a result, many physicians and advanced practitioners are now on a quest for greater flexibility, work-life balance and meaning ...

If a doctor goes on maternity leave, takes a leave of absence, or just schedules a long vacation, you’re losing revenue—unless you have someone to fill in. Locum tenens physicians have become the ...

Medical centers around the country use temporary clinical workers when there are staff shortages or to fill in for staff professionals on vacations and leaves of absence. Centers usually turn to ...

We are less than one month away from the implementation of new IR35 rules which could mean that locum GPs operating through a limited company may face an extra tax charge from 5 April 2017. This will ...

Reliance on GP locums must force a rethink on the future workforce to create a positive opportunity to transform general practice, writes Nadeem Moghal Much of the narrative is focused on doctors ...

Are locum doctors an untapped resource or a patient safety risk? As the NHS spends increasing sums on 'freelance' medics, it is becoming increasingly important to look at how they are being used, and ...

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 ...

Andrew Dean, director at Menlo Park, answers a recruitment dilemma over how to stop relying on locum GPs Question: I run a GP surgery where we’ve become heavily reliant on locums recently but patients ...