Practice Locum Work

I love meeting and mixing with new teams through locum work. As a dedicated and experienced senior GP I enjoy the clinical contact this gives me.

I have a particular interest in helping small practices! My first partnership was in a 3000 patient practice in Nottingham, when I joined a skilled and much loved GP. When he went on leave, I was left all alone to manage the practice. It was a steep learning curve, but the memories of the high quality and very personal care offered stayed with me, and the lessons learnt have relevance for my last 18,000 patient practice.

I am particularly aware how difficult it can be for Partners in very small practices to have time away, with the reassurance they are leaving the practice in very safe, very experienced, hands. I may be able to help.

I am also always happy to chat over the landscape of primary care through my perspective as Clinical Director of Primary Care Transformation at Surrey Heartlands ICB. I also offer non-clinical consultancy and facilitation, on separate terms – please ask me for more details.

If you have any queries please drop me an email

Terms and Conditions

If the support you are looking for is outside of my standard Terms, feel free to have a chat with me about it in advance of any booking. I am aware practices can get “stuck” and need enhanced support beyond that usually expected of a Locum, and as a GP of 27 years standing I’m always happy to try and help.

  • I offer booked surgeries (either phone, face-to-face or a mixture), comprising 12 patients in a session in keeping with current guidance.
  • I am flexible about start times although 8.30am is likely to work depending on geography. I prefer to have a relatively short lunch break
  • I would prefer appointments to be booked at 12-15 minute intervals. If the practice appointment book is set up for 10 minute appointments, I would prefer a maximum of 5 patients booked each hour, with one blank appointment
  • I will complete all appropriate self-generated administration for my consultations during the booked session, with the exception of non-NHS work which is not within my scope of work. I don’t generally do wider admin, but if you have specific needs in this area please just ask.
  • “Duty” Surgeries: Whilst I have enjoyed this role over the years, to do it safely and effectively means having strong familiarity with the practice team and processes, which would be difficult as a Locum, so I prefer to offer pre-booked surgeries as above. I know that small practices can struggle with cover, so If you are a very small practice in need of total practice cover, do feel free to contact me and we can discuss if I can help.
  • Home visits and Care Home visits: If you anticipate needing cover for home or care home visits please contact me beforehand so we can chat over the logistics and issues around this.
  • As an ICB Clinical Safety Officer I am pretty hot on Information Governance! I therefore ask that the practice ensures appropriate access to its IT system using authentication in my name including Windows log in and log in to the EMIS system using my smart card credentials. For IG and indemnity reasons, I am afraid I cannot use EMIS via a generic “Locum” log in. In the event of an IT failure affecting the whole practice I will of course, in keeping with the practice Business Continuity (BC) plan, do my best to keep things moving and will consult using the practice BC manual system if clinically safe to do so.
  • I ask that the practice provides information to me on arrival of its emergency, contingency and support services. Specifically I need to know: How to I summon help in an emergency? What is the practice protocol for referrals? How do I obtain a chaperone? Is there a coffee meeting/informal catch up?

Fees

  • I do not seek over-inflated locum fees and am generally happy to accept your “usual” locum fee, although request these are made clear in advance. If I am unable to accept the offer of a session because of the level of fee I will of course discuss this with you.
  • I ask that invoices are paid within 14 days of receipt

Supporting information

  • My written CV is available on request, much of the same information can be found on this website
  • Written references are available on request
  • I am insured with the Medical Protection Society
  • My GMC registration number is 3277050
  • My revalidation date is November 2026
  • My latest 360 degree appraisal from colleagues was in 2022, extracts of comments reproduced below
  • My latest Patient Feedback questionnaire was in 2025. Feedback snippets include:
    • “He was great. Very knowledgable, informative and kind. “
    • “Very friendly and professional doctor. “
    • “Very straightforward, action orientated and helpful”
  • I am on the performers list of Surrey Heartlands ICS

Colleague feedback – 360 appraisal 2022

“Excellent physician. Leadership qualities will be sadly missed. Impressive ability to assimilate large volumes of information and synthesize clear plans in both clinical and non-clinical roles. “

“An excellent GP and colleague “

“He is one of the best GPs in teaching and he always tries to make sure you understand what you are doing, the reasoning behind it, and that you feel safe when seeing patients”

“Excellent clinical notes. Has a very measured analytical approach to problems “