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In the second in our short series on local locum GP chambers Ben talks to Mark Sage a newly qualified GP who opted to work as a locum and found the support he needed within his local locum GP chambers. If you missed the first podcast in this series (which explains all about chambers) you can find it here.

Show Notes

Mark explains his unusual route into medicine and why he chose to be a locum on qualifiying (40secs)

Partnership versus the attractions of working as a locum (2mins 46secs)

The challenges of working as a locum (4mins 02secs)

The benefits of joining a local locum GP chambers (4mins 45secs)

The optimum size of a GP chambers (7mins 38secs)

Where does the drive and ownership of a chambers come from? What can a CCG do to help? (8mins 35secs)

The benefits to Mark of working as part of a chambers (10mins 12secs)

The benefits to the practices of using a chambers (12mins 16secs)

Advice to those keen to accelerate the development of a GP locum chambers (13mins 26secs)

Ben mentions the book that Ockham Healthcare has developed containing case studies like those featured in his podcast. A limited number of copies are available at £25. If you’d like to express an interest in the book e-mail him at ben@ockham.healthcare (14mins 48secs)