Dr Richard Fieldhouse MRCGP
@richardfieldhouse.bsky.social
GP and chair/founder of the National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social Flour, clay, paint, mud.
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The GP job crisis continues! Thank you to Dr @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social for sharing with me some of what @nasgp.bsky.social GP members have told him.
EXCLUSIVE: Unemployed locum GPs consider childminding and school teaching roles, @nasgp.bsky.social chair Dr @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social warns
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Unemployed locum GPs consider childminding and school teaching roles
Exclusive: Locum GPs struggling to find employment are considering leaving the NHS to work in childcare or as teachers, a sessional GP organisation has revealed.
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May 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The GP job crisis continues! Thank you to Dr @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social for sharing with me some of what @nasgp.bsky.social GP members have told him.
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April 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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"I can understand that in an organisation as big as the NHS, a few dozen staff may well have incomplete pension records, and that this would be something that would be rectified urgently. But more than 50%?" says @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"I can understand that in an organisation as big as the NHS, a few dozen staff may well have incomplete pension records, and that this would be something that would be rectified urgently. But more than 50%?" says @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social
Particularly dangerous are men who don’t think the world is coming to an end. John Steinbeck, Sweet Thursday.
April 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Particularly dangerous are men who don’t think the world is coming to an end. John Steinbeck, Sweet Thursday.
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General practice needs the strong clinical leadership of GP partners, it needs these clinical leaders to take responsibility for providing joined-up services, and it needs the stability and continuity that comes with the partnership model.
March 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
General practice needs the strong clinical leadership of GP partners, it needs these clinical leaders to take responsibility for providing joined-up services, and it needs the stability and continuity that comes with the partnership model.
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NASGP chair Dr Richard Fieldhouse will host a virtual workshop from 7.30pm to 8.30pm on Wednesday 5 February. Find out more: www.nasgp.org.uk/gp-locum-wor...
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January 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
NASGP chair Dr Richard Fieldhouse will host a virtual workshop from 7.30pm to 8.30pm on Wednesday 5 February. Find out more: www.nasgp.org.uk/gp-locum-wor...
@richardfieldhouse.bsky.social
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On this week's podcast @nasgp.bsky.social chair @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social speaks to @emmabower.bsky.social about all things related to locum GPs - including the GP jobs crisis and how the NHS can make the most of locums. Listen here or wherever you get your pods www.gponline.com/podcast-valu...
Podcast: How valuing locum GPs can maximise their benefit to the NHS
Talking General Practice speaks to Dr Richard Fieldhouse, chair of the National Association of Sessional GPs, about how the current jobs market is affecting locum GPs and what the NHS could do to make...
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January 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
On this week's podcast @nasgp.bsky.social chair @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social speaks to @emmabower.bsky.social about all things related to locum GPs - including the GP jobs crisis and how the NHS can make the most of locums. Listen here or wherever you get your pods www.gponline.com/podcast-valu...
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Thanks so much to @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social for talking to me this week. It's always great to talk to him. If you're a GP locum there is loads of good advice in this podcast for you - and also some really good tips for practices on how to get the best from their locums.
On this week's podcast @nasgp.bsky.social chair @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social speaks to @emmabower.bsky.social about all things related to locum GPs - including the GP jobs crisis and how the NHS can make the most of locums. Listen here or wherever you get your pods www.gponline.com/podcast-valu...
Podcast: How valuing locum GPs can maximise their benefit to the NHS
Talking General Practice speaks to Dr Richard Fieldhouse, chair of the National Association of Sessional GPs, about how the current jobs market is affecting locum GPs and what the NHS could do to make...
www.gponline.com
January 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Thanks so much to @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social for talking to me this week. It's always great to talk to him. If you're a GP locum there is loads of good advice in this podcast for you - and also some really good tips for practices on how to get the best from their locums.
Listen to speaking with @emmabower.bsky.social on all things related to locum GPs - including the GP jobs crisis and how the NHS can make the most of locums.
Thanks so much to @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social for talking to me this week. It's always great to talk to him. If you're a GP locum there is loads of good advice in this podcast for you - and also some really good tips for practices on how to get the best from their locums.
On this week's podcast @nasgp.bsky.social chair @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social speaks to @emmabower.bsky.social about all things related to locum GPs - including the GP jobs crisis and how the NHS can make the most of locums. Listen here or wherever you get your pods www.gponline.com/podcast-valu...
January 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Listen to speaking with @emmabower.bsky.social on all things related to locum GPs - including the GP jobs crisis and how the NHS can make the most of locums.
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Cracking GP locum conference Gloucestershire ICB, this is what 60 GP locums looks like. Here talking about LocumDeck @nasgp.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Cracking GP locum conference Gloucestershire ICB, this is what 60 GP locums looks like. Here talking about LocumDeck @nasgp.bsky.social
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Leading GPs @drkatie.bsky.social @victoriatb.bsky.social from the @rcgp.bsky.social, @the-bma.bsky.social and GPC will lead a virtual rally in February on the problem of sessional GP unemployment.
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January 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Leading GPs @drkatie.bsky.social @victoriatb.bsky.social from the @rcgp.bsky.social, @the-bma.bsky.social and GPC will lead a virtual rally in February on the problem of sessional GP unemployment.
www.nasgp.org.uk/gp-locum-wor...
www.nasgp.org.uk/gp-locum-wor...
Cracking GP locum conference Gloucestershire ICB, this is what 60 GP locums looks like. Here talking about LocumDeck @nasgp.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Cracking GP locum conference Gloucestershire ICB, this is what 60 GP locums looks like. Here talking about LocumDeck @nasgp.bsky.social
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Thank you @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social, chair of @nasgp.bsky.social, for speaking with me about this topic.
The shortage of GP jobs has driven down locum rates by around 2% in the past six months and pushed more doctors into private sector roles, a sessional GP organisation has warned. #GPnews #TeamGP
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GP job shortage forces locums to cut fees and take on private work
The shortage of GP jobs has driven down locum rates by around 2% in the past six months and pushed more doctors into private sector roles, a sessional GP organisation has warned.
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December 2, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Thank you @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social, chair of @nasgp.bsky.social, for speaking with me about this topic.
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"The physician associate role is a gift to general practice that has somehow made GPs feel they’ve been robbed..." @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social #GPsky
November 22, 2024 at 2:39 PM
"The physician associate role is a gift to general practice that has somehow made GPs feel they’ve been robbed..." @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social #GPsky
GP locums are short of work, but it's not due to PAs, and it's not due to reduced practice funding. In the six ICBs that fully fund LocumDeck for all their practices and GPs, we find that +
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
GP locums are short of work, but it's not due to PAs, and it's not due to reduced practice funding. In the six ICBs that fully fund LocumDeck for all their practices and GPs, we find that +
My advice to every GP Locum is to book your holiday outside of normal school holiday terms if at all possible, and set up your profile on platforms like LocumDeck so that you get booked as far ahead as September 2025.
A fifth of practices said their biggest challenge was managing holidays, and half of all respondents said the number one reason they use GP locums at their practice is for holidays: www.nasgp.org.uk/practices/mo...
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More than a third of practices need GP locums ‘once a week or more’ | NASGP
More than a third of practices need GP locums ‘once a week or more’, a new NASGP survey has found. A third of respondents also said the biggest staffing challenge they face as a practice is low staffi...
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November 20, 2024 at 4:59 PM
My advice to every GP Locum is to book your holiday outside of normal school holiday terms if at all possible, and set up your profile on platforms like LocumDeck so that you get booked as far ahead as September 2025.
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The action being taken – if that’s what we can call it – is simply GPs doing the job they’re already contracted to do, with any consequences simply exposing shortfalls in any existing contracts.
November 13, 2024 at 2:50 PM
The action being taken – if that’s what we can call it – is simply GPs doing the job they’re already contracted to do, with any consequences simply exposing shortfalls in any existing contracts.
What word do the Germans use to describe that feeling of loss when the barman takes away your glass but you stall had a good 4.7ml left at the bottom?
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
What word do the Germans use to describe that feeling of loss when the barman takes away your glass but you stall had a good 4.7ml left at the bottom?
Screen grab sent to me today from a GP locum in Sheffield; this is the demeaning reality of many GP locus, constantly scrapping for tidbits.
November 18, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Screen grab sent to me today from a GP locum in Sheffield; this is the demeaning reality of many GP locus, constantly scrapping for tidbits.
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Really interesting analysis of practice-level variation in investigation use in patients with possible cancer. A lot of variation, no simple explanations. It's complicated. qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl...
Variation in the use of primary care-led investigations prior to a cancer diagnosis: analysis of the National Cancer Diagnosis Audit
Introduction Use of investigations can help support the diagnostic process of patients with cancer in primary care, but the size of variation between patient group and between practices is unclear.
M...
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November 17, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Really interesting analysis of practice-level variation in investigation use in patients with possible cancer. A lot of variation, no simple explanations. It's complicated. qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl...
Gratitude attitude circa 1831. The Georgian House, Bristol.
November 17, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Gratitude attitude circa 1831. The Georgian House, Bristol.