Sara Chambers and Richard Fieldhouse give a rundown of what's inside the August 2016 edition of The Sessional GP magazine.

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Busy few weeks in general practice in terms of significant documents that both look at the pressures we're facing and what to do about them. But sadly both lacking insight into the GP locum workforce, and in the wrong order.

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A run-through of the April 2016 edition of The Sessional GP magazine.

Once your patient has left the consulting room, it's important to make sure that your intentions for their follow-up are communicated through to the receptionist and the next GP or nurse.

The RCGP has responded to feedback from its 2015 revalidation survey by clarifying and simplifying its appraisal and revalidation guidance. Dr Sara Chambers, NASGP's appraisal and revalidation lead, highlights the main changes.

Designed to protect both locum GPs and practices, our model T&Cs helps establish a clear and productive working relationship to ensure all parties make the most of the GP locum's time working in a practice.

A long-term locum post at a practice often starts off as a short term venture, but with significant recruitment problems in general practice at the moment, it's likely the practice will want to hold on to you and keep you coming back.

Locums work in anything up to 40 different practices a year, from the dysfunctional to the inspiring. Ensure that GP locums are enabled to leave feedback and spread best practice   Podcast on locum GP exit feedback