locum

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The 59-year-old described unsuccessful attempts to get a diagnosis in the 1980s, before she was officially diagnosed after seeing a locum GP.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Dr McFarlane was previously employed as a locum GP at the Alness and Invergordon Medical Group, but the BBC understands he has not worked there for around a year.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

Despite doctor shortages in her region, she felt she had to leave a role with sick pay and maternity benefits, and opt for locum work because it provided greater flexibility.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

The GPs contracted to run the surgeries said they had faced financial "challenges", and that some locum payments had been "delayed", but would be settled.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

Quicquid enim ex phaenomenis non deducitur, hypothesis vocanda est; et hypotheses seu metaphysicae, seu physicae, seu qualitatum occultarum, seu mechanicae, in philosophia experimentali locum non habent.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various