National Association of Sessional GPs

What National Association of Sessional GPs does

NASGP is a UK-based membership organisation, founded in 1997, that supports sessional GPs (freelance and locum general practitioners) through workforce management tools, professional resources, and advocacy. The organisation serves three constituencies: individual sessional GPs seeking work and professional support, GP practices needing locum cover, and Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and NHS systems coordinating GP workforce at a local level. NASGP reports 7,000+ community members and 3,500 practices registered on its platform, with a stated 94% GP locum satisfaction rate.

The company's core product is LocumDeck, a web-based work management platform that enables direct booking between GPs and practices without staffing agency intermediaries. The platform integrates availability management, session booking, invoicing, pensions administration, and Making Tax Digital tax compliance into a single workflow, and is described by NASGP as "built by GPs, for GPs." The platform is free for practices, with no agency fees; GP membership is a paid subscription that unlocks work matching, financial tools, and community resources. NASGP distributes through content marketing (blog, email newsletter, Circle.so community), direct practice outreach, and direct engagement with ICBs.

NASGP operates a freemium business model in which practice access is free and revenue is generated primarily from recurring GP membership fees. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company is headquartered in Worthing, UK (Amelia House, Crescent Road, BN11 1QR), employs 11-50 people, and is led by Chairman and founder Dr Richard Fieldhouse and Managing Director Kyle Yeldon. No parent company, subsidiaries, funding rounds, M&A activity, or financial statements are disclosed in the available data.

Name

National Association of Sessional GPs

Legal name

National Association of Sessional GPs

Website

https://nasgp.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NASGP is a UK membership organisation supporting sessional GPs through LocumDeck, a work management platform enabling direct GP-practice booking, invoicing, pensions, and Making Tax Digital compliance. It serves 7,000+ GPs and 3,500 practices nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Worthing

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. GP Membership: Sessional GPs pay for membership to access LocumDeck platform features including availability matching, financial tools, and community support. The platform is free for practices.
2. Practice Services: Free platform access for practices removes barriers to adoption and drives GP membership revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

NASGP operates the LocumDeck platform, a work management system that allows sessional GPs to publish their availability and terms and lets GP practices book them directly, bypassing locum agencies. The platform integrates session booking, invoicing, pensions management, and Making Tax Digital tax compliance in a single workflow. It is subscription-based for GP members and free for GP practices, with additional engagement at the NHS Integrated Care Board level.

Product overview

NASGP offers a single core product platform called LocumDeck — an award-winning work management platform built by GPs, for GPs. The platform connects sessional GPs with practices seeking locum cover, enabling direct booking without agencies. LocumDeck handles the full workflow including availability management, session bookings, invoicing, pensions processing, and Making Tax Digital compliance. It is positioned as free for practices with no agency fees or hidden costs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LocumDeck: Award-winning work management platform for GPs and practices to manage sessions, bookings, invoicing, pensions, and Making Tax Digital in one place.

Products and services

• LocumDeck A web-based work management platform that lets sessional GPs set their availability and terms, lets GP practices book trusted clinicians directly without agencies, and manages sessions, invoicing, pensions, and Making Tax Digital compliance in one place. It is free for practices (no agency fees or hidden costs) and available on subscription to GP members.

Quantifiable outcome

• 94% GP Locum Satisfaction rate
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Lantum: Lantum is a UK-based platform that connects GP locums and other clinicians with practices for direct booking, often cited as the most direct head-to-head competitor to NASGP's LocumDeck in the UK primary care workforce market.
• Messly: Messly is a UK platform focused on helping doctors - including GP locums - find work and manage their careers, overlapping directly with NASGP's sessional GP work-matching and professional support offering.

Broad incumbents

• Chase Medical: Chase Medical is one of the largest UK agencies supplying GP locums and practice nurses to primary care, competing with LocumDeck's agency-free model at a much larger, established scale.
• Pulse (part of Adecco): Pulse is a long-established UK healthcare staffing agency covering locum doctors, GPs, and allied health professionals, representing the traditional agency model that NASGP's direct-booking platform is positioned against.
• ID Medical: ID Medical is a major UK healthcare recruitment firm supplying locum and permanent doctors, including GPs, to NHS trusts and private providers, serving as a broad incumbent in the same GP locum staffing space.
• Holt Doctors: Holt Doctors is a UK medical recruitment agency specializing in locum and permanent doctor placements, including GP roles, operating as a traditional agency alternative to LocumDeck's direct-booking model.
• Medacs Healthcare: Medacs Healthcare is a global healthcare staffing provider with a significant UK presence placing locum doctors, including GPs, into NHS and private settings, representing a larger incumbent agency model.

Emerging players

• RMR Recruitment: RMR Recruitment is a UK-based healthcare recruitment firm supplying locum and permanent clinical staff, including GPs, representing a smaller, more niche competitor in the same GP workforce market.
• GP World (Urgent Health UK): GP World/Urgent Health UK is a UK provider placing GP locums and urgent care clinicians into primary care settings, representing a smaller but direct competitor in GP locum staffing.

Others

• NHS England Workforce Team: NHS England sets primary care workforce policy and is closely linked to NASGP's NHS/ICB customer segment; while not a commercial peer, it is the central counterparty shaping the demand environment for sessional GP platforms.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NASGP
• Facebookfacebook.com/nasgp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/national-association-of-sessional-gps

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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