GP locum software compared: Sessional, LocumDeck, Locum Organiser, My Locum Manager and airGP.

Administration first: sessions, invoices, expenses, tax, pension forms, professional record. For work, a public profile in the locum directory and a booking request form organisations use without an account. There is no job board and no marketplace; organisations that already know you book you through it. ^[2]

Both, with booking at the centre. Practices browse your dates, credentials and terms and book you directly through Instant Book; invoicing, pension forms and a credentials store are included. Practices pay nothing to use it. ^[4][5]

Administration first: a diary that produces the monthly invoice, pension forms and tax records. Finding work runs through an integration with Lantum: you apply to Lantum jobs from the diary. ^[8][9]

Both: "shift sharing and booking" with practices, PCNs and ICSs, plus automated admin. How shifts reach you and who posts them is not described on the pages we read. ^[11][14]

Both: sessions, invoicing, pension logging, expenses and tax exports, plus a shift board where you search the available shifts and apply, and the practice manager accepts the application. Whether a booking fee applies to the GP is not stated on the pages we read. ^[15][16]

Basic is free with no card and no end date: up to 3 shifts and 2 invoices a month, a CPD evidence store of 50 items, CSV and PDF exports, and the whole appraisal record. Plus and Pro have a 14-day trial the first time you subscribe; a card is taken and nothing is charged until the trial ends. ^[1]

No free plan is described. A "Three-month free introductory period for new members". Practices pay nothing, and under the ICB option in NASGP's pricing document an ICB can pay so that locums working in its practices have free use, Instant Book fees included. ^[5][4]

No free plan appears on the pricing page. A three-month free trial with no card and no obligation, then the subscription. You can pause the subscription and your data is kept for your return. ^[10][8]

No free plan appears on the pricing page. An eight-week free trial with no card details, then the subscription, which you can pause or cancel at any time. ^[13][14][11]

No free plan appears in the pricing section. A three-month free trial with no card, with unlimited sessions, invoices and expenses during the trial; a referral gives both parties three months free. ^[15]

Plus £14.99 a month or £149.99 a year paid annually. Pro £24.99 a month, which adds Xero sync and the API. No per-session, per-booking or percentage fees. At the monthly rate a year of Plus is £179.88 and a year of Pro is £299.88. ^[1]

£12 a month for the GP locum, including VAT, plus £15 for each session booked through Instant Book, paid by the locum by Direct Debit at the end of the month the session was worked (NASGP pricing document, April 2024). A year at the monthly fee alone is £144; each Instant Book session adds £15. Where an ICB has bought NASGP's ICB option, both are covered for locums working in its practices. NASGP's own membership page served only its title as readable text on the day we checked, so whether these are the current prices is not confirmed. ^[4][7]

£15.99 a month, cancel at any time with no notice period or tie-in, pause allowed. No annual price was stated on the pricing page we checked. A year at the monthly rate is £191.88. ^[10]

£14 a month for unlimited use, cancel or pause at any time. "No booking fees, payroll or management fees". No annual price was stated on the pricing page we checked. A year at the monthly rate is £168. ^[13]

£9.99 a month, cancellable; £7.99 a month for the first year with a code shown on the home page. Making Tax Digital submissions are an optional £4.99 a month with a 12-month minimum. A year at the monthly rate is £119.88, or £179.76 with the add-on; with the first-year code, £95.88 or £155.76. Any fee for a session booked through the shift board is not stated on the pages we read. ^[15][16]

On Plus and Pro an overdue invoice is chased by email at day 14, 21 and 28, each chaser attaching the original PDF, with a 72-hour cooldown per invoice so a chaser cannot fire twice in quick succession. Basic shows paid and unpaid without chasing. Replies to an invoice land on that invoice as a conversation on every plan. ^[2]

Invoicing is included. Automatic reminders for unpaid invoices are not described in the documents we could read. ^[4][5]

Invoicing is described ("A monthly invoice, sent to the practice in four clicks") and invoices can be tracked. Automatic reminders for unpaid invoices are not mentioned. ^[9][8]

Invoices are generated and sent automatically, and the reporting suite is described so that "you will never miss another uninvoiced or unpaid session". Automatic reminders sent to the practice are not described. ^[14][12]

Invoices can be marked as paid and payment status tracked "without manual spreadsheets". Automatic reminders to the practice are not mentioned. ^[15]

For GPs on Plus and Pro, Form A and Form B are generated from your logged sessions and follow the pension year (1 April to 31 March). England and Wales are filled onto the official NHSBSA forms, ready for PCSE; Scotland onto the NSS Contractor Finance Form A and Form B; for Northern Ireland, where HSC publishes Word and Excel templates, you get a transcription sheet with the computed figures to copy across. Form SOLO is not produced. ^[2][3]

"integrated paperless NHS pension forms", with Form A signed by the practice inside the system. Whether Form B and Form SOLO are produced, and which nations are covered, is not stated in the documents we could read. ^[4][5]

"GP locum A, B and SOLO completed for you in seconds. We have versions for all countries." The countries are not itemised on the pages we read. ^[9][8]

Form A and GP SOLO are completed, signed electronically and emailed; Form B is created. The forms are "optimised for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland". ^[12]

Pension contributions are logged for PCSE workflows in England. In airGP's own words: "The platform does not generate PDF pension forms." and "Pension support on airGP is currently for practices in England using PCSE Online for submissions." Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are not mentioned. ^[16][17]

On every plan including free Basic, permanently: a professional record built from your logged sessions in the GMC scope-of-work shape, reflections, learning needs, a CPD evidence store (50 items on Basic, unlimited on Plus), colleague and patient feedback reports with a verification code (reading what you have collected is free; starting a round and sending invitations needs Plus or Pro), and the appraisal pack with its export. ^[1][2]

The G-Cloud listing mentions a peer feedback system and access to CPD resources. An appraisal record, reflections or a CPD evidence store are not described in the documents we could read. ^[5]

No appraisal, CPD or revalidation record is mentioned on the pages we read. ^[9][8]

CPD appears among membership benefits ("exclusive discounts, CPD and more"). An appraisal record or portfolio is not described on the pages we read. ^[12]

Appraisal, CPD and revalidation are not mentioned on the pages we read. ^[15][17]

In: past sessions and invoices import from CSV with a template and per-row errors, and an invoice built with the free invoice tool imports at sign-up. Out: sessions and invoices as CSV, invoices and the appraisal pack as PDF, and the whole account as JSON with a manifest of your document files (the files themselves download from their own pages, except message attachments, which support supplies on request), on every plan; expense and earnings CSV exports on Plus and Pro; Xero sync and a REST API on Pro. Deleting the account offers the export first and erases after a 30-day cooling-off period. ^[2][1]

Exports and importing existing records are not described in the documents we could read. ^[5][4]

"Collate it all for tax" is stated. Export formats and importing existing records are not described on the pages we read. ^[8][9]

"we record everything you need for your year end accounts" is stated. Export formats and importing existing records are not described on the pages we read. ^[14][12]

Out: sessions, invoices and reports as CSV, and a cooling-off period to export your data before account deletion. In: the FAQ says "No big migration needed", start logging your next session; importing existing records is not described. ^[15][16]