What NHS primary care employers should verify before a locum starts
GMC revalidation, DBS, indemnity and mandatory training - a practical checklist for practice managers filling session gaps quickly and safely.
Locum staffing in NHS primary care moves fast. A session gap on Thursday morning cannot wait for a paper chase on Friday. Yet compliance is non‑negotiable - and the CQC expects you to demonstrate that every clinician working under your roof is appropriately credentialed.
LocumConnector verifies GMC, NMC, GPhC or HCPC registration at onboarding, tracks DBS renewal windows, and stores indemnity certificates in a vault that travels with the locum. When they apply to your shift, you see a compliance summary before you accept - not after they have already turned up.
Practice managers tell us the biggest win is consistency: the same evidence pack whether the locum came through a favourite list, a PCN pool, or a first‑time applicant. Automated reminders at 60, 30 and 7 days before expiry reduce the awkward ‘can you send that again?’ conversations.
If you are comparing agencies and marketplaces, ask whether compliance is a gate or a checkbox. On LocumConnector, unverified applicants cannot apply to published shifts - full stop.
