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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

The Pharmacists Defence Association said the £670,000 unpaid wage bill related to locum staff who worked for Jhoots branches across the UK.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025

Staff in the surgery said they were told a "central management team" at eHarley Street would take care of HR, finance and book locum doctors.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

"While some locum payments have regrettably been delayed, the vast majority have been settled, and the partners are confident that no outstanding payments will remain unpaid."

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

Sic habeto, omnibus qui patriam conservaverint, adjuverint, auxerint, certum esse in cœlo ac definitum locum ubi beati ævo sempiterno fruantur.”—Cic.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole




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