--- title: Lantum Blog (30) description: Primary Care advice for GPs and Practice Managers (30) --- [![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/) [Managing finances](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/managing-finances), [Getting work](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/getting-work) 28 Oct 2013 ## [Our new Locum Bank feature](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/getting-work/our-new-locum-bank-feature) [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/getting-work/our-new-locum-bank-feature) 0 Comments [NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs) 16 Oct 2013 ## [Who is to blame for the A&E crisis?](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/nhs-in-the-news/who-is-to-blame-for-the-ae-crisis) My job is to aggregate articles for our social output, which I then target for our different audiences. [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/nhs-in-the-news/who-is-to-blame-for-the-ae-crisis) 0 Comments [NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs), [Opinion](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/opinion), [Clinical](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/clinical) 09 Oct 2013 ## [Why NHS patients should be sent bills.](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/clinical/why-nhs-patients-should-be-sent-bills) [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/clinical/why-nhs-patients-should-be-sent-bills) 4 Comments [Mindfulness and burnout](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/mindfulness-and-burnout) 07 Oct 2013 ## [Do you know the date of your appraisal? Do you know who your Responsible Officer is?](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/mindfulness-and-burnout/do-you-know-the-date-of-your-appraisal-do-you-know-who-your-responsible-officer-is) Important questions for a GP! [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/mindfulness-and-burnout/do-you-know-the-date-of-your-appraisal-do-you-know-who-your-responsible-officer-is) 0 Comments [Opinion](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/opinion) 18 Sep 2013 ## [Care or Lack thereof? Would ‘live’ figures in hospitals change anything?](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/care-nurses-staffing-nhs-technology) **[In light of the recent report by the Health Select Committee](http://bbc.in/152RuWu) suggesting that hospitals should be required to display live information on nursing staff levels, we wanted to ask you what you thought....** [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/care-nurses-staffing-nhs-technology) 0 Comments [Overseas](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/overseas), [Overseas coming and going](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/overseas-coming-and-going), [volunteering abroad](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/volunteering-abroad) 16 Sep 2013 ## [Interview: The value of humanitarian aid, overcoming politics and prejudices to provide care that really matters.](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/overseas-coming-and-going/the-value-of-humanitarian-aid-overcoming-politics-and-prejudices-to-provide-care-that-really-matters) *[Medicins San Frontières](http://bit.ly/18YP5rR)(MSF) is an independent, impartial, humanitarian aid organisation that was founded in 1971 by a group of doctors and journalists who believed that every person, regardless of....* [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/overseas-coming-and-going/the-value-of-humanitarian-aid-overcoming-politics-and-prejudices-to-provide-care-that-really-matters) 0 Comments [Other](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/other) 11 Sep 2013 ## [A Message From Our CEO](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/other/a-message-from-our-ceo) [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/other/a-message-from-our-ceo) 0 Comments [Advice Guide](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/advice-guide), [Managing finances](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/managing-finances), [Opinion](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/opinion) 09 Sep 2013 ## [Should there be a minimum rate for Locums?](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/managing-finances/should-there-be-a-minimum-rate-for-locums) Should there be a minimum rate for locums? [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/managing-finances/should-there-be-a-minimum-rate-for-locums) 0 Comments [Appraisal](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/appraisal), [Education and CPD](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/education-and-cpd) 02 Sep 2013 ## [The Importance of Preparation and Evaluation](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/appraisal/the-importance-of-preparation-and-evaluation) # Network Locum (now Lantum) Guide for appraisals: # The importance of preparation and evaluation # By Dr Ishani Patel There is a huge variety in the practices a GP locum may work in on a day to day.... [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/appraisal/the-importance-of-preparation-and-evaluation) 0 Comments [RCGP](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/rcgp), [NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs), [Clinical](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/clinical) 29 Aug 2013 ## [The tweeters : our pick of health twitters](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/clinical/the-tweeters-our-pick-of-health-twitters) It's a truth universally acknowledged that any organisation with something to say, must in be want of a twitter. 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