1st Edition

GPs Guide to Professional and Private Work Outside the NHS

By John Lindsay, Norman Ellis Copyright 1995

    All GPs undertake the non-NHS work some of which can add substantially to practice income. This book describes a wide range of fee-paying work which GPs are uniquely qualified to undertake; it shows how opportunities for this work arise and how to become involved in it. For many the financial benefits are greatly enhanced by the professional satisfaction such work brings.

    1. Everyday work for GPs outside the NHS contract 2. Work for central and local government 3. Private GP services 4. Opportunities in insurance work 5. Working as a locum or deputy in general practice 6. Police surgeon (forensic medical examiner) work 7. The role of the part-time prison medical officer 8. Working for schools and colleges 9. Pharmaceutical trials 10. Part-time occupational health work 11. Sports medicine 12. Surgical work in general practice 13. Doctors, solicitors and the courts: A guide to accepting and receiving instructions 14. Medico-legal fees: Dealing with solicitors and courts 15. Opportunities in medical journalism 16. Opportunities in medical education

    Biography

    John Lindsay, Norman Ellis