Locum Doctor Survival Guide

He has done all the hard work by laying bare the cold and hard facts of been a self employed person and and a doctor. The information he has provided has been invaluable to me in securing work with practices and has helped me negotiate bettr with surgeries.

No locum can be without this book!

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every registrar should read this   February 2, 2006
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

a simple and straightforward book, tells you what you need to know, how to do it, and what to watch out for.
easily read, lots of realistic examples, just what one would expect from one who has 'been there and done that'.
on my practice bookshelf with a note to the registrar to read before setting out into the big wide world of locuming, but also useful as a guide to the challenges there can be in the world of general practice.
Has saved me from having to do that as a tuorial.
particularly usefull is the section on charging and how to work out how much to charge to get the income you want from the amount of work you are happy to do.
this should be on every GP trainers bookshelf as well as recomended reading for every VTS.