--- title: Lantum Blog | Opinion description: Opinion | 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. Text reads: Happy 75th Birthday, NHS!](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/blog%20post-02.png)](https://blog.lantum.com/nhs-75-lantum-staff) ## [NHS 75: A spotlight on Lantum's former NHS staffers](https://blog.lantum.com/nhs-75-lantum-staff) We celebrated the 75th anniversary of the NHS with a series from our very own team who used to work in it. Here are the full stories.  [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/nhs-75-lantum-staff) 0 Comments [Opinion](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/opinion), [GP practice managers](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/gp-practice-managers), [Health systems innovation](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/health-systems-innovation), [Five Year Forward View](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/five-year-forward-view) 09 Mar 2018 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/Lantum-Values-Seeitthrough-3.png)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/identifying-overcoming-barriers-change-gp-practice) ## [Identifying and overcoming barriers for change in your GP Practice](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/identifying-overcoming-barriers-change-gp-practice) When it comes to the burning questions of what’s keeping GP practice managers up at night, we turned to [Becky Malby](https://beckymalby.wordpress.com/), Professor of Health Systems Innovation, London South Bank University. Becky.... [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/identifying-overcoming-barriers-change-gp-practice) 0 Comments [Advice Guide](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/advice-guide), [GP locum work](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/gp-locum-work), [Opinion](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/opinion), [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) 04 Sep 2017 ## [Surviving and thriving as a newly qualified GP](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/surviving-thriving) [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/surviving-thriving) 0 Comments [Opinion](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/opinion), [Clinical](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/clinical), [Education and CPD](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/education-and-cpd) 20 Jun 2017 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/Lantum-Images-41-5.png)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/clinical/humanising-ice-ideas-concerns-and-expectations) ## [Humanising ICE - 'ideas, concerns, and expectations'](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/clinical/humanising-ice-ideas-concerns-and-expectations) *By guest blogger Dr Aisha Yahaya...* [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/clinical/humanising-ice-ideas-concerns-and-expectations) 0 Comments [Opinion](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/opinion), [Doctors in the spotlight](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/doctors-in-the-spotlight) 02 May 2017 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/Lantum-Blog-4-2.png)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/doctors-in-the-spotlight/gps-and-the-future-of-ai) ## [GPs and the future of AI](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/doctors-in-the-spotlight/gps-and-the-future-of-ai) *By guest blogger Dr Chris Whittle, NHS anaesthetist and clinical entrepreneur...* [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/doctors-in-the-spotlight/gps-and-the-future-of-ai) 0 Comments [Opinion](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/opinion), [Doctors in the spotlight](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/doctors-in-the-spotlight) 11 Apr 2017 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/user-interface-5.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/doctors-in-the-spotlight/5-reasons-doctors-are-vital-to-digital-health) ## [5 Reasons Doctors Are Vital to Digital Health](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/doctors-in-the-spotlight/5-reasons-doctors-are-vital-to-digital-health) ***Network Locum (now Lantum)'s Dr Gyles Morrison writes about why GPs are vital for digital health...*** [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/doctors-in-the-spotlight/5-reasons-doctors-are-vital-to-digital-health) 0 Comments [Opinion](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/opinion) 18 Jul 2016 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/email-consultation-825x510-2.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/is-the-10-minute-gp-consultation-model-fit-for-purpose) ## [Is the 10 minute GP consultation model fit for purpose?](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/is-the-10-minute-gp-consultation-model-fit-for-purpose) Your last year of training has many challenges. The portfolio is a nightmare. The exams are expensive and intense. You have to adjust to 11 hour days. But for me and many other fellow trainees, the.... [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/is-the-10-minute-gp-consultation-model-fit-for-purpose) 1 Comment [Opinion](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/opinion) 04 Jul 2016 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/law-825x510-2.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/gp-crown-indemnity-a-blessing-or-poisoned-chalice) ## [GP Crown Indemnity: a blessing or poisoned chalice?](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/gp-crown-indemnity-a-blessing-or-poisoned-chalice) The debate around indemnity rages on – most of us have been deluged by online petitions campaigning for crown indemnity and the press coverage this issue has received. [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/gp-crown-indemnity-a-blessing-or-poisoned-chalice) 3 Comments [Opinion](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/opinion) 13 Jun 2016 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/FullSizeRender54-825x510-2.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/your-gp-is-4-minutes-away) ## [‘Your GP is 4 minutes away…’](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/opinion/your-gp-is-4-minutes-away) I was at a GP conference recently where I got talking to one of the exhibitors. They were promoting an app that allows patients to request a GP consultation at home or the location of their choice at.... 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