One in ten hospitalists is working as locum tenens, and many do so in addition to their full-time job, according to a new study by recruitment firm Locum Leaders and Today's Hospitalist magazine, ...

Old-fashioned GPs who work full-time in a family surgery are fast becoming a dying breed, according to figures obtained by The Mail on Sunday. Just over one general practitioner in ten is now in a ...

The highest paid agency doctor in Britain is paid £460,000 a year, new figures have revealed. The locum consultant, who works in general medicine, was paid £459,275 for an 80-hour week, figures show.

The rise in workload and its intensity is driving many GPs into freelance locum work where they can gain more control. However the pressure for ever more burdensome pre-employment checks means it is ...

Consultants on temporary contracts account for more than 16pc of doctors working in Irish hospitals, new figures show. The shortage of consultants across the HSE has resulted in more shifts being ...

Exclusive Just around one in 10 locum GPs would consider taking on a partnership role in the future, a major survey of locum GPs has revealed. In Pulse’s first ever survey of locum GPs, only 13% ...