--- title: Lantum Blog | Dr Claire Davies (3) description: Primary Care advice for GPs and Practice Managers (3) --- [![Lantum](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Lantum%20March2018/Images/logo-header.svg)](https://us.lantum.com) for Locums - [Locums](https://lantum.com/) - [Practices](https://lantum.com/p/practices/) - [Hubs](https://lantum.com/p/hubs/) - [Federations](https://lantum.com/p/nhs-federation/) ## Dr Claire Davies ### Recent Posts [NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs) 06 Jul 2015 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/fallback-thumb-26.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/nhs-in-the-news/why-does-the-nhs-still-operate-when-over-clinical-capacity) ## [Why does the NHS still operate when over clinical capacity?](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/nhs-in-the-news/why-does-the-nhs-still-operate-when-over-clinical-capacity) ***Guest posting by Dr Tom Duncan, anaesthetist*** [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/nhs-in-the-news/why-does-the-nhs-still-operate-when-over-clinical-capacity) 0 Comments [Getting work](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/getting-work) 27 Jun 2015 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/clock-407101_6404-2.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/getting-work/why-i-enjoy-working-as-an-out-of-hours-gp) ## [Why I Enjoy Working as an Out of Hours GP](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/getting-work/why-i-enjoy-working-as-an-out-of-hours-gp) ‘Oh, so you work as an OOH GP?’ [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/getting-work/why-i-enjoy-working-as-an-out-of-hours-gp) 0 Comments [Doctors in the spotlight](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/doctors-in-the-spotlight) 22 Jun 2015 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/fallback-thumb-28.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/doctors-in-the-spotlight/leaving-gp-partnership-making-the-decision) ## [Leaving GP Partnership: making the decision](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/doctors-in-the-spotlight/leaving-gp-partnership-making-the-decision) ***GP Vicky Froome reflects on what it took to leave a partnership and become a locum*** [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/doctors-in-the-spotlight/leaving-gp-partnership-making-the-decision) 0 Comments [Getting work](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/getting-work) 18 Jun 2015 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/img_12874-2.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/getting-work/medical-education-a-great-career-for-a-gp) ## [Medical Education: a great career for a GP](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/getting-work/medical-education-a-great-career-for-a-gp) ***Guest posting by Dr Aman Arora, founder of [AroraMRCGP](http://bit.ly/1HXebx2)*** [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/getting-work/medical-education-a-great-career-for-a-gp) 1 Comment [Opinion](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/opinion), [Getting work](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/getting-work) 08 Jun 2015 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/mg_6601-1-e14331634017004-2.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/getting-work/what-you-need-to-know-when-you-finish-vts) ## [What you need to know when you finish VTS](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/getting-work/what-you-need-to-know-when-you-finish-vts) **Guest posting by Dr Tehseen Khan** [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/getting-work/what-you-need-to-know-when-you-finish-vts) 5 Comments [Limited company vs sole trader](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/limited-company-vs-sole-trader) 01 Jun 2015 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/06bd2b74-2.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/limited-company-vs-sole-trader/locum-gp-and-ltd-advice-on-looking-for-a-mortgage) ## [Locum GP and Ltd: advice on looking for a mortgage](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/limited-company-vs-sole-trader/locum-gp-and-ltd-advice-on-looking-for-a-mortgage) **Welcome back Ben Parry from [Barr Financial Services](http://www.barr-fs.com/) writing on mortgages for Ltd locum GPs** [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/limited-company-vs-sole-trader/locum-gp-and-ltd-advice-on-looking-for-a-mortgage) 0 Comments [GP parent](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/gp-parent), [work life balance](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/work-life-balance) 27 May 2015 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/img_38434-825x510-2.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/gp-parent/2360) ## [GP Dr Zoe Langridge: Making GP Out of Hours Fit Around Family](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/gp-parent/2360) GP Zoe Langridge is a GP based in Hackney and Tower Hamlets with two children aged 2 and 4 who is making a variety of roles work for her and her family. [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/gp-parent/2360) 0 Comments [Mindfulness and burnout](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/mindfulness-and-burnout), [work life balance](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/work-life-balance) 12 May 2015 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/img_11794-825x510-2.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/mindfulness-and-burnout/how-to-stay-resilient-as-gps) ## [How to stay resilient as GPs](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/mindfulness-and-burnout/how-to-stay-resilient-as-gps) ***Posting by Claire Davies and Agata Perepeczko, Organisational Psychologist*** [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/mindfulness-and-burnout/how-to-stay-resilient-as-gps) 0 Comments [Opinion](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/opinion) 12 May 2015 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/cropped-rahman-profile4-600x510-2.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/defence-organisations-need-better-understanding-of-gp-risk) ## [Defence Organisations need better understanding of GP risk](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/defence-organisations-need-better-understanding-of-gp-risk) ***Guest posting by Dr Aseem Rahman*** [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/defence-organisations-need-better-understanding-of-gp-risk) 0 Comments [Opinion](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/opinion) 09 May 2015 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/mugshot-junaid4-4.png)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/co-commissioning-the-pros-and-cons) ## [Co-commissioning: the pros and cons](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/co-commissioning-the-pros-and-cons) ***We welcome Dr Junaid Bajwa back to the blog to explain about Co-commissioning*** [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/co-commissioning-the-pros-and-cons) 0 Comments [← Previous](https://blog.lantum.com/author/dr-claire-davies/page/2) [1](https://blog.lantum.com/author/dr-claire-davies/page/1) [2](https://blog.lantum.com/author/dr-claire-davies/page/2) [3](https://blog.lantum.com/author/dr-claire-davies/page/3) [4](https://blog.lantum.com/author/dr-claire-davies/page/4) [5](https://blog.lantum.com/author/dr-claire-davies/page/5) [Next →](https://blog.lantum.com/author/dr-claire-davies/page/4) ### Subscribe to the newsletter ### Categories - 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