locum

Example Sentences

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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

In the end her diagnosis only came after seeing a locum at her GP surgery who sent her for additional tests.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

In the same year, he walked out of a five-day locum cardiologist placement at University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire without notice or good reason, the tribunal found.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

However, changes to the taxation of LLPs could affect locum doctors and those working in private practice.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

For that is a certain truth, which Grotius faith in locum, 'the law of nature gives a right to an innocent, and to the defender of an innocent person, against the guilty offender.'

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander