General Practitioners: Locums
(asked on 28th May 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many locum GPs are available; and what the average daily rate is for a locum GP.
This question was answered on 4th June 2015
The requested information is not collected centrally.
General practitioners (GPs) are independent contractors who provide primary medical services on behalf of the National Health Service. As independent businesses, it is the responsibility of individual GP practices to employ locum GPs to meet their needs.
In employing locums, GP practices must meet the requirements set out in the GP contract regulations to ensure that they are appropriately qualified and registered.