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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A locum consultant failed to spot the result of her earlier test and arranged for a totally unnecessary exploratory operation.
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But then I asked for just one spell of six months as a locum in some exotic place.
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In Ghosh, the accused, a surgeon acting as a locum in a hospital, claimed fees for performing operations.
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It's better than getting a locum in - they cost the earth and sometimes do more harm than good.
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Not that Joanna was like that when she did a locum in the practice where we met.
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Revised guidance due early this year will included strengthened guidance on these checks for hospital locums and other staff.
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The referring doctors included trainee general practitioners and locums as well as the partners.