--- title: Lantum Blog | Advice Guide description: Advice Guide | Primary Care advice for GPs and Practice Managers --- [![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/) [Advice Guide](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/advice-guide), [Working as a GP locum](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/working-as-a-gp-locum) 28 Feb 2023 [![Five Tax Tips for Locums](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/medics-money-locum-tax-tips.png)](https://blog.lantum.com/locum-tax-tips-medics-money) ## [Five Tax Tips for Locums](https://blog.lantum.com/locum-tax-tips-medics-money) Working as a locum has a lot of advantages, but there are some important points regarding tax and your finances that you should be aware of. In this article, Ed at Medics’ Money, a GP, Chartered.... [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/locum-tax-tips-medics-money) 0 Comments [Advice Guide](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/advice-guide), [GP locum work](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/gp-locum-work) 21 Jul 2022 [![7 Steps to Completing Your DBS Application](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/7-steps-dbs-application-blog-image.png)](https://blog.lantum.com/7-steps-completing-dbs-application) ## [7 Steps to Completing Your DBS Application](https://blog.lantum.com/7-steps-completing-dbs-application) At Lantum, our mission is to improve working life for healthcare workers across the NHS. Whether that’s by connecting clinicians with available sessions or simplifying their paperwork, we’re here to.... [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/7-steps-completing-dbs-application) 0 Comments [Advice Guide](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/advice-guide), [GP locum work](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/gp-locum-work), [Early career GP](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/early-career-gp), [General Practice](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/general-practice), [work life balance](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/work-life-balance), [Working as a GP locum](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/working-as-a-gp-locum), [Oldenburg Burnout Inventory](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/oldenburg-burnout-inventory) 08 Apr 2019 [![Blog post (2)](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog%20post%20(2).jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/key-advice-on-how-to-deal-with-stress-as-a-gp) ## [How to Deal With Stress as a GP](https://blog.lantum.com/key-advice-on-how-to-deal-with-stress-as-a-gp) April is National Stress Awareness month in the UK and, to mark it, in this blog we take a moment to remind ourselves that the medical professionals who take care of us and our loved ones daily, also.... 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By having a profile on Linkedin, you strengthen your online presence, and grow your personal.... [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/getting-work/how-to-use-linkedin-for-doctors) 2 Comments [Advice Guide](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/advice-guide), [Appraisal](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/appraisal) 23 Mar 2015 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/fallback-thumb-32.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/appraisal/how-to-annoy-your-gp-appraiser-or-what-not-to-do-for-appraisal) ## [How to annoy your GP appraiser (or: what NOT to do for appraisal)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/appraisal/how-to-annoy-your-gp-appraiser-or-what-not-to-do-for-appraisal) Post by Dr Claire Davies, Lead GP Columnist [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/appraisal/how-to-annoy-your-gp-appraiser-or-what-not-to-do-for-appraisal) 0 Comments [Advice Guide](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/advice-guide), [Primary Care](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/primary-care), [CPD](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/cpd), [Clinical](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/clinical), [Continuous Professional Development](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/continuous-professional-development) 14 Oct 2014 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/coughlarynx4.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/clinical/guest-post-cough-and-the-larynx-miss-romana-kuchai-ent-consultant-bupa-cromwell-hospital) ## [Guest Post: 'Cough and the Larynx' - Miss Romana Kuchai, ENT Consultant, Bupa Cromwell Hospital](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/clinical/guest-post-cough-and-the-larynx-miss-romana-kuchai-ent-consultant-bupa-cromwell-hospital) This month we have a guest post by [Miss Romana Kuchai](http://bit.ly/1sKB3sa), Consultant ENT Surgeon at [Bupa Cromwell Hospital](http://bit.ly/ZC9Dc3). Miss Kuchai presented at our recent ENT CPD event held at the Royal Institution of Great.... [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/clinical/guest-post-cough-and-the-larynx-miss-romana-kuchai-ent-consultant-bupa-cromwell-hospital) 0 Comments [Advice Guide](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/advice-guide), [Primary Care](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/primary-care), [RCGP](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/rcgp), [diagnosis](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/diagnosis), [GP locum](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/gp-locum), [NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs), [Case Study](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/case-study), [Clinical](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/clinical), [Continuous Professional Development](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/continuous-professional-development) 14 Oct 2014 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/questionmark-grass4-533x510.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/clinical/case-study-is-lyme-disease-under-diagnosed-in-the-uk) ## [Case Study - Is lyme disease under-diagnosed in the UK?](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/clinical/case-study-is-lyme-disease-under-diagnosed-in-the-uk) Being a London GP, I was surprised when a patient presented with a sort-of ‘erythema migrans’ type rash a week after attending a music festival nearby. He could not remember being bitten and.... [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/clinical/case-study-is-lyme-disease-under-diagnosed-in-the-uk) 18 Comments [Advice Guide](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/advice-guide), [Limited company vs sole trader](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/limited-company-vs-sole-trader), [GP locum](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/gp-locum), [Managing finances](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/managing-finances), [accounting](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/accounting), [financial advice](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/financial-advice), [self-employment](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/self-employment), [taylorcocks](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/taylorcocks) 17 Sep 2014 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/survival_kit_sardine_can4.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/limited-company-vs-sole-trader/the-network-locum-accountant-how-to-survive-your-tax-return) ## [The Lantum Accountant: How To Survive Your Tax Return](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/limited-company-vs-sole-trader/the-network-locum-accountant-how-to-survive-your-tax-return) When you first sign up for self-employment as a locum, your first tax return can seem intimidating. Our ‘How to’ guide hopes to unravel 3 important points you might need to know for planning ahead. 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