Table 5.
How Trusts deal with concerns about locum doctors
| Always | Most of the time | About half the time | Sometimes | Never | χ2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trust typea | |||||||
| Low level concern | the locum doctor is informed | 45 (50.6) | 29 (32.6) | 10 (11.2) | 5 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | 5.01 |
| reported to the locum agency | 37 (41.6) | 24 (27.0) | 9 (10.1) | 19 (21.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1.51 | |
| reported to the GMC | 8 (9.0) | 8 (9.0) | 2 (2.3) | 38 (42.7) | 33 (37.1) | 2.86 | |
| the locum contract is ended early | 10 (11.2) | 7 (7.9) | 6 (6.7) | 53 (59.6) | 13 (14.6) | 1.48 | |
| we would not use that locum again | 15 (16.9) | 10 (11.2) | 7 (7.9) | 45 (50.6) | 12 (13.5) | 1.80 | |
| Medium level concern | the locum doctor is informed | 66 (74.2) | 21 (23.6) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 4.87 |
| reported to the locum agency | 62 (69.7) | 21 (23.6) | 3 (3.4) | 3 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0.24 | |
| reported to the GMC | 22 (24.7) | 18 (20.2) | 6 (6.7) | 37 (41.6) | 6 (6.7) | 1.11 | |
| the locum contract is ended early | 24 (27.0) | 23 (25.8) | 9 (10.1) | 32 (36.0) | 1 (1.1) | 6.00* | |
| we would not use that locum again | 25 (28.1) | 28 (31.5) | 8 (9.0) | 25 (28.1) | 3 (3.4) | 4.81 | |
| High level concern | the locum doctor is informed | 83 (93.3) | 6 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.49 |
| reported to the locum agency | 84 (94.4) | 5 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3.01 | |
| reported to the GMC | 60 (67.4) | 14 (15.7) | 5 (5.6) | 10 (11.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1.58 | |
| the locum contract is ended early | 59 (66.3) | 14 (15.7) | 2 (2.3) | 14 (15.7) | 0 (0.0) | 6.59* | |
| we would not use that locum again | 56 (62.9) | 20 (22.5) | 1 (1.1) | 10 (11.2) | 2 (2.3) | 5.48 | |
N = 89. Data is presented as frequency (%). adf = 2, *p < .05, **p < .001