INCREASED USE OF LOCUM GP'S IN ENGLAND "LINKED TO DEPRIVATION"
BBC News also found after analysing data that in some parts of England, "18% of the GP workforce was made of locums (doctors that stand for and/or temporarily cover a vacancy for an absent doctor) compared to a national average of 3.4%.
"There is a recruitment crisis within this profession."
"NHS England says it will spend extra £206m on boosting GP recruitment, which will see £20,000 bursaries made available in areas that have found it hard to recruit new GP's."
"...it planned to recruit an extra 5,000 doctors to work in general practice by 2020..."
This may ba a catalyst to remedying the situation.