Working arrangements for temporary doctors in NHS ‘can pose patient safety risk’
The way many temporary doctors are expected to work in the NHS can pose a risk to patient safety, a new study suggests.
Temporary doctors, also known as locums, are used in the health service to fill staffing gaps.
Researchers, led by academics from the University of Birmingham, wanted to examine whether locum working arrangements impact on patient safety or quality of care.
Our findings show that the way in which doctors who worked on a
