If a doctor goes on maternity leave, takes a leave of absence, or just schedules a long vacation, you’re losing revenue—unless you have someone to fill in. Locum tenens physicians have become the ...

More than 40,000 physicians work locum tenens each year, and the vast majority find their assignments through a locum tenens agency. Because there are dozens of locum tenens companies out there, a lot ...

The COVID-19 pandemic took a significant toll on healthcare providers. As a result, many physicians and advanced practitioners are now on a quest for greater flexibility, work-life balance and meaning ...

There is little hard evidence to support the widely held perception that locum doctors present a greater risk of causing harm to patients. There is little hard evidence to support the widely held ...

Today, an independent study released by official NHS body, The Kent Surrey and Sussex Academic Health Science Network (KSS AHSN) reveals Locum’s Nest, a digital platform which maximizes workforce, ...

Working arrangements for locum doctors pose significant patient safety challenges for the NHS in England, although there are opportunities to be grasped too, finds qualitative research involving a ...

The way many temporary doctors are expected to work in the NHS can pose a risk to patient safety, a new study suggests. Temporary doctors, also known as locums, are used in the health service to fill ...

Junior doctors are ditching their NHS jobs in favour of lucrative locum salaries before spreading the word on TikTok. Medics in their 20s, fresh out of training, are leaving their posts in favour of ...