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Successful locum work calls for resilience and adaptable mindset

Paulette Crowley

Paulette Crowley

Paddy Power
Locum pharmacist Paddy Power gives advice on managing taxes as a self-employed locum

Paulette Crowley looks at the pluses and minuses of being a locum, finding that issues such as out-of-town appeal to some pharmacists, but parenting demands might make locum work unsuitable

Essentials, Locum work can be interesting and well-paid, but there are downsides. Being self-employed means locums have to cover various costs (eg, registratio