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Dr Simon Child

GP Locum - Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire

If you are looking for locum GPs in the North-West, especially in Lancashire, Manchester or Cheshire, then please read my GP locum pages for details of:

• my availability
• areas that I cover
• how to book

I am available for full-time or part-time locum GP work. I have been a full-time GP Principal spending 20 years in the same practice in Bury, Lancs. In 2005 I resigned from being senior partner at my practice in order to become a career GP locum so as to release time to follow my other interests (see below).

This was a good and well-respected practice in purpose-built premises, achieving full score in QOF, and hence I am well experienced in modern high-quality general practice, both clinically and from the business perspective.

When I work in your practice I bring not only the excellent clinical skills of an experienced doctor but also an intimate knowledge of the business of general practice and the importance to you of accurate and comprehensive QOF data, efficient administration, and patient satisfaction. I am willing to undertake most types of work, e.g. full cover, surgeries, paperwork including repeat prescriptions, visits, just let me know what sort of cover you require.

Full documents and CV available on request - email me.

I am available to work across a range of locations in the northwest of England, primarily in Greater Manchester and Lancashire.

Since I work freelance rather than through a GP locum agency the cost to you will be less - users of  GP locum agencies pay commission to the locum agency on top of paying the locum fee!

IMT

I am also active in particularly in relation to general practice but also in other areas:

• Author of the GP Website service GPUK.net
• Author of the GP Vision QOF Tool QOFcountdown
• National Vision User Group:
  • Secretary of the Executive of the National Vision User Group
  • Administrator of the NVUG Forum and Mailing Lists
• One of the clinicians providing clinician input in some aspects of the NHS National Programme for IT, including:
  • The Electronic Prescription Service 
  • GP2GP Electronic Record Transfer
  • and others.
• Web-programming and hosting, especially using the TYPO3 Content Management System e.g. the websites of
  • Western Chan Fellowship
  • Bury PCT
  • FMVSO
  • The County Practice Syston
  • The Uplands Medical Practice
  • Spellcheck-IT
  • Rochdale and Bury Local Medical Committee (LMC)
  • AnimalsWild - African Wildlife Photographs
• Website hosting and advice for some other sites:
• General Practice Airways Group GPIAG
• International Primary Care Respiratory Group IPCRG
• SEO - website Search Engine Optimisation, to improve your rankings in search engines such as Google and Yahoo
• Miscellaneous, such as authoring Miquest Queries and Vision Clinical Audits

Meditation

I am a practitioner and fully qualified teacher of Chinese Zen meditation.

I am a founder member of the Western Chan Fellowship, and have been the secretary of the charity since it was founded in 1997.

I lead residential zen retreats for the Western Chan Fellowship and also at Gaia House and some other venues in UK, Europe, and USA, and also at our local Chan meditation group in Manchester.

If you want to find out more then please see the Newcomers Information page on the website of the Western Chan Fellowship.

 

© Simon Child 2006 - 2008