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Know what every session really earns you
GP Locum logs each session with its fee, shows what you've earned and what's still unpaid this month, and works out the tax to set aside. Then it raises the invoice and fills your Form A and Form B from the same figures.
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What do GP sessions actually pay?
There is no official figure, and nobody publishes one for free. So this builds one: locums add a session they have already worked and salaried GPs add their pay per session, anonymously, and everyone who takes part can see the results by region and kind of work.
How the survey works
For locums, the survey records NHS sessions booked directly as a sole trader. For each one we ask the month, the region, the kind of work, the number of patient contacts and what was paid, with the employer pension taken out so every figure compares like with like. Salaried GPs give their region and their salary per weekly session, a year.
Headline results are shown as ranges for groups of at least 5 answers from the last 12 months. Figures by region are shown however few answers a region has, so a region’s figure can be a single answer. No name, email or practice is collected.
Why some sessions aren’t included
BMA guidance on competition law says a sole-trader locum may share the rate they charge for NHS work for transparency. However they advise against sharing rates for private work, and for work booked through agencies, chambers, partnerships or limited companies, where the law is less clear. Sessions booked through a platform such as Lantum, where you set your rate and invoice the practice yourself, count as direct and are included.
The same guidance is clear that locums must not agree minimum rates between themselves. This survey describes what sessions have paid. It does not suggest what anyone should charge: every locum sets their own fee. The GP locum rates guide explains the rules, and how to work out a rate from your own costs.
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