Locum costs to backfill clinicians' time used in training were also offered, if desired.
A few patients thought that she was less well qualified than a doctor, and some thought that she was a locum or a trainee.
Most seemed to prefer a salaried post to locum work.
This figure includes permanent paid, honorary and locum staff.
This includes permanent paid, honorary and locum staff.
Another aspect of general practice that patients are not cheering is on-call services performed by locums.
They range from medical staff locums, nursing staff, medical records staff, medical secretaries, occupational therapists, audio technicians, pharmacy staff, chiropodists, and many others.
No assessment has been made of agencies which provide locums for temporary employment in hospital trusts.