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In the final episode of our short series of podcasts on GP Locum Chambers, Ben talks to Richard Fieldhouse, Chairman of the National Association of Sessional GPs and one of the first GPs to set up a locum chambers. A number of challenging questions from listeners about locum GPs and chambers have arisen during our series of podcasts and Ben puts these more difficult questions to Richard.

Show Notes

Richard argues that we are wasteful in the use of locum GPs (1min 28secs)

Is the lack of continuity of care a problem? (3min 28secs)

A balance of partners, salaried and locums is needed (5mins 56secs)

Aren’t locums simply an expensive resource that we cannot afford (7mins 03secs)

The costs of agency locums (8mins 08secs)

Locums are expensive and don’t know what they are doing…aren’t they? (10mins 10secs)

Could all GPs end up in chambers? (13mins 46secs)

The future employment options for GPs in an MCP organisation (16mins 09secs)

Advice for areas that want to set up a local locum GP chambers (17mins 33secs)

Richard’s organisation, the National Association of Sessional GPs has a website that can be found here.