{"id":6726,"date":"2013-09-24T13:30:45","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T12:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/?p=6726"},"modified":"2021-05-18T10:42:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T09:42:28","slug":"44-gps-locums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2013\/44-gps-locums\/","title":{"rendered":"44. GPS Locums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Founders:<\/strong> Jonathan Brown, Ian Oxley and James Blackburn<br><strong>Founded:<\/strong> August 2012 (Launched September 2012)<br><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpslocums.co.uk\">www.gpslocums.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Launched just under a year ago, GPS Locums supplies 100% compliant locum doctors from junior to senior level into the NHS and private sector. Created in an established industry with plenty of competitors, the company has managed to prove their market potential with impressive figures, citing&nbsp;&nbsp; a current run rate of &pound;1.5m. 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