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the locums
noun
Abbreviated form of locum tenens.
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It's worrying to see your headline accusing A&E consultants of cashing in on the NHS crisis (The locums on £1,760 a day, 3 February).
None of the locums recounted unexplained prescription of ADs.
The locums were most numerous shown in Table 2, but had short periods of attendance.
According to the locums, 74.5% of all palliative care patients were terminally ill.
Finally, and despite the fact that they were younger and less experienced, the locums mostly shared the same opinions.
The main part of the locums, 71%, were fully trained GPs, and 20% had not yet acquired any specialty.
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The locum failed to spot signs that the 17-month-old boy, who was on Haringey's child protection register, had been physically abused.
The locum sector is often blamed for the NHS's perennial budget crisis, sucking up 6.4% of staff costs in 2014-15.
My proudest achievement at work was... in 2002 when I chaired a national working group of locum group leaders, where we jointly came up with the locum GP chambers concept.
I have to stress at this point that I was convinced I hadn't got a problem: maybe my confidence transferred itself to the locum when I saw him later that morning.
The report said the locum doctor, Sabah al-Zayyat, who was the last to see Peter Connelly, was inexperienced and should never have been hired, the Haringey clinic was short of staff and the whole child protection system was under strain.
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