--- title: Lantum Blog | Life at Lantum description: Life at Lantum | 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/) [Lantum news](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/lantum-news), [NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs), [Opinion](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/opinion), [Life at Lantum](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/life-at-lantum) 07 Jul 2023 [![Four pictures of Lantum staff who used to work in the NHS. 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[Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/how-i-earned-3-aws-certificates-in-less-than-3-months-of-lockdown) 0 Comments [Dev team](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/dev-team), [Life at Lantum](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/life-at-lantum) 29 Jun 2020 [![Lantum dev blog: working with a new codebase](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/dev-blog.png)](https://blog.lantum.com/top-tips-to-finding-your-way-around-a-new-codebase) ## [Top tips to finding your way around a new codebase](https://blog.lantum.com/top-tips-to-finding-your-way-around-a-new-codebase) Ruth Uwemedimo Almost a year ago, I joined Lantum: a company with a mission to save the NHS £1 billion in staffing agency fees.  [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/top-tips-to-finding-your-way-around-a-new-codebase) 0 Comments [mental health](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/mental-health), [Life at Lantum](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/life-at-lantum) 26 May 2020 [![How can we protect our mental health during a pandemic?](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/BlogImage_MentalHealthWork_200520-03.png)](https://blog.lantum.com/mental-health-through-a-pandemic-how-we-can-look-after-ourselves) ## [Mental health through a pandemic: how we can look after ourselves](https://blog.lantum.com/mental-health-through-a-pandemic-how-we-can-look-after-ourselves) As the COVID-19 pandemic throws our regular routines into disarray, this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week was more important to observe than ever. 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