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Locum doctors in the NHS: Understanding and improving the quality and safety of healthcare
Walshe, Kieran Ferguson, Jane Allen, Thomas Grigoroglou, Chris Stringer, Gemma Kontopantelis, Evan Ashcroft, Darren
Walshe, Kieran
Ferguson, Jane
Allen, Thomas
Grigoroglou, Chris
Stringer, Gemma
Kontopantelis, Evan
Ashcroft, Darren
Abstract
The NHS needs locum doctors. They are a key component of the In summary:
medical workforce in the NHS and provide necessary flexibility
and additional capacity for healthcare organisations and services.
But they should be used appropriately, and where they are used,
they should be supported effectively.
The number of doctors working as locums, and the costs of this
to the NHS have caused some concerns nationally in recent
years. It has also been suggested that locum doctors may not
provide as good a quality of care as permanent doctors. So, we
set out to find out more, through two large surveys of NHS trusts
and general practices in England; interviews and focus group
discussions with staff in NHS organisations and with locums,
locum agencies and patients; and by analysing data that had
already been collected about the NHS workforce and about
clinical care.
This report presents our findings and their implications.
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2023
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This report relates to research that included patients or members of the workforce as study participants from GP practices in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.