Built from 45 years of locum experience.
My father has been a GP for over 45 years. I watched him manage his locum work with spreadsheets and paper. Sessional is the tool I wish he'd had.
Our mission
Give every self-employed clinician, from GPs to pharmacists to paramedics, the tools to run their business professionally, without the overhead.
My father has been a GP for over 45 years. I grew up watching the reality of general practice: the early mornings, the home visits, the paperwork that never ended. When he worked as a locum between organisations, I saw something worse: the admin burden of running your own show with no proper tools.
Pension forms filled in by hand every month. Invoices rebuilt from memory. Rates and terms buried in email chains. Mileage scrawled on the back of envelopes at tax time. Payments chased with polite follow-up emails and hope.
When I looked at what was available to locum healthcare professionals, I was genuinely frustrated. The options were either expensive marketplace platforms that take a cut of every session, or nothing at all.
I'm a software engineer. When I looked at what was available to locum healthcare professionals in 2025, I was genuinely frustrated. The options were either expensive marketplace platforms that take a cut of every session, or nothing at all.
Sessional started as the tool I wish my father had. It has grown into a tool for locum healthcare professionals of every discipline: GPs, pharmacists, nurses, and more.
The problem is universal. A locum pharmacist juggling shifts across three pharmacies has the same workflow as a GP covering sessions at five organisations. Track the work, invoice for it, log expenses, stay compliant. The tools should understand that, and now they do.
This is not a marketplace. This is not an agency. This is a professional tool, built for healthcare professionals, by someone who understands what the job actually demands.
What we believe
Built for healthcare, not freelancing
Sessional understands sessions and shifts, not gigs. It knows about NHS pension tiers, HMRC mileage rates, registration bodies (GMC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, GDC) and the difference between a day rate and an hourly rate.
No middleman
When you are ready, publish your profile. Organisations find you in the directory or via your link. They send requests directly. No one takes a cut.
Your data belongs to you
Choose exactly what organisations see. Store documents securely. Export everything as CSV or JSON. Pause or cancel without losing a single record. Encrypted at rest, never sold.
Fair, transparent pricing
Three clear plans. Basic is free forever. Plus at £14.99/mo unlocks the full toolkit. Pro at £24.99/mo adds API access, Xero sync, and advanced reporting. No per-shift fees.
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