NELG
North-East Employed and Locum GPs
A Professional Group for Sessional GPs
NELG is a non-profit support group for GPs who work either as locums or in an employed capacity (retainers, flexible career scheme, returnees, salaried, assistant). To read more about NELG's Goals, Benefits and find some Key Contacts visit About Us.
Monthly NELG Meetings are held between 7pm and 8pm GENERALLY on first Wednesday of the Month every 2 to 3 months.
NEXT NELG MEETINGs :
1st feb
[subject to confirmation by email to members nearer the time]
Venue:
Freeman Hospital
Freeman Road
High Heaton
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE7 7DN
PARKING
Park in multistorey carpark at back of hospitl and Education centre is 2 minutes walk from car park and signposted. Enter double doubles and lecture theatres are on the right.
[Please note the deanery educational programme is on EVERY MONTH BETWEEN 8-9PM except for January]. Normally on a wednesday but occasionally on tuesday- please consult educational events listing for latest news:
provisional dates:
1st feb- 8pm revalidation
7th march- 7pm tax for locums 8pm Gender dysphoria
April (TBC)
May 3rd
June 14th
There are currently 247 active members.
SHA MAP- VENUE FOR NELG MEETINGS
Salaried and Locum GP work
Everything you need to know about working as a locum, salaried doctor, retainer or Flexible Career Scheme doctor. As a member you can sign up to be notified automatically of all new locum or job vacancies by email or you can just consult the locum vacancies or job vacancies pages for more details about these vacancies.
You will also find national guidance on setting your locum fees.
Education and CPD
In this section you can find out about educational events and appraisals and can download the NELG appraisal toolkit to help you prepare for appraisal. As a member you can sign up to be notified of educational events by email. PCTs and GP tutors can also post educational events on the site.
A free service for practices too.
Practice managers can post a locum vacancy or post a job vacancy for FREE (this also emails members). You may also find it useful to check out our suggestions for successful locum induction procedures and induction/welcome packs.
Report on Sessional GP representation- BMA/GPC
The Sessional GP subcommittee of the General Practitioners Committee has carried out an extensive review of representation of sessional GP and the report is published and accessible through the link below.
BMA press release
"The report from the GPC Sessional GPs Working Group is based on conclusions drawn from a large-scale consultation process that included a survey of over 1800 sessional GP members and a review of the way Local Medical Committees (LMCs) represent these doctors locally. External stakeholders were also consulted and structured interviews carried out on representational issues with grassroots sessional GPs.
New reforms outlined in the report include:
Delegating authority to the Sessional GPs Subcommittee of GPC (SGPS) so that sessional GP representatives act on matters wholly or primarily relating to sessional GPs.
The size of SGPS will be doubled to 16 members.
The formation of an SGPS executive committee, which will meet regularly and with the GPC’s negotiating team when necessary.
Four permanent seats on GPC for the SGPS executive committee, in addition to the sessional GPs already elected via regional and national elections.
New guidance for LMCs to help them improve their representation of sessional GPs locally.
A new strategy for communications aimed at improving the flow of information and discussion between the BMA and sessional GPs. "