Locum tenens are being increasingly used in hospitals, ambulatory care centers, urgent care clinics, primary care clinics, and long-term acute care centers, and the trend shows no signs of reversing.

Hospitals which rely heavily on locum doctors are 'undoubtedly' risking patient safety, a study of NHS practice found. While temporary staff are a 'vital resource' to plug workforce gaps, issues such ...

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 ...

There is little hard evidence to support the widely held perception that locum doctors present a greater risk of causing harm to patients, according to new research published by the Journal of the ...

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 ...

Gives doctors instant access to medical locum jobs searches while on the move JCJ Locums, a market leading medical recruitment agency and part of HCL plc, has launched a free iPhone application (app) ...

A number of NHS staff have gone to locum agencies over better pay and shift flexibility (Picture: TikTok) NHS trusts are losing staff to locum agencies offering as much as five times the hourly pay in ...

Junior doctors are being encouraged by their union to pick up lucrative locum shifts after this week's 96-hour strike action when hospitals will be in chaos. The British Medical Association has ...