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Caroline Chill was a GP partner for 24 years before leaving in 2012 to pursue a portfolio career. Intending to locum only as a “stop gap” she discovered and joined her local locum GP chambers and has now worked through the chambers for four years. She tells Ben about how the chambers works for her and how it has allowed her to regain her enthusiasm for medicine.

Show Notes

Carrie explains how her GP career began (38secs)

Carrie becomes a partner in Wimbledon (56secs)

In 2012 Carrie leaves the partnership to pursue a portfolio career (1min 21secs)

Carrie becomes a locum as a “stop gap” (2mins 13secs)

She discovers locum chambers (2mins 48secs)

Local chambers for local people (3mins 14secs)

Carrie describes the chambers (3mins 49secs)

How does the chambers work for Carrie? (4mins 37secs)

Being in a chambers creates time for discussing clinical issues (6mins 35secs)

Carrie’s portfolio career (6mins 59secs)

Becoming a locum as a career (7mins 33secs)

Chambers has kept Carrie in mainstream clinical practice (8mins 34secs)

Is chambers for everyone? (9mins 32secs)

A chambers model beyond GPs? (10mins 18secs)

Pensionable work and the costs of chambers (10mins 43secs)

Continuity of care (12mins 10secs)

Advice for other GPs (13mins 08secs)

Regaining your enthusiasm for medicine (14mins 09secs)

Advice for practices (14mins 39secs)