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Book it on Locate a Locum. Run it in Locbase.

Locate a Locum is a booking platform and app where locums find and book shifts with pharmacies, opticians and other healthcare employers. It says it is free for locums, takes no commission from rates, and that employers set the rate. Locbase does a different job: once the work is booked, it keeps the session, the invoice, the payment and your paperwork in one place on your phone.

Using the two side by side

1. Book the work. Find the shift and book it in the Locate a Locum app.
2. Log the session. Add it to Locbase with the place, the hours and your rate. It takes about thirty seconds, or add a whole week in one go.
3. Send the invoice. If you invoice the workplace yourself, Locbase turns the session, or a run of them, into a PDF with your details on it and emails it.
4. See it paid. Mark the session paid when the money lands. Anything overdue is flagged, with a reminder ready to send.
5. Keep the rest in order. Add mileage and expenses to the session, and keep registration, DBS, indemnity and right to work in one checklist for the next time you are asked.

Locbase and Locate a Locum are separate products from separate companies. They are not linked or partnered, and nothing passes between them automatically.

Every session, however it was booked

Locate a Locum says it automates invoicing for shifts booked through it. Locbase is for everything around that: the sessions you arrange directly or through other agencies, your mileage and expenses, and one record of the whole year whichever way each session was booked.

Example: One week, booked three ways

• Monday: A session booked through Locate a Locum.
• Wednesday: A session booked directly with a workplace you know. You invoice it yourself.
• Saturday: A session booked through an agency.
• In Locbase: Three sessions on one calendar, each marked logged, invoiced or paid, with the mileage for all three.

A made-up week to show the idea. How each booking is paid depends on that booking.

Questions

Does Locbase connect to Locate a Locum?

No. The two are separate products from separate companies and are not linked. You book on Locate a Locum and add the session to Locbase yourself, which takes about thirty seconds.

Why use Locbase if I already use Locate a Locum?

Locate a Locum is where the work is found and booked. Locbase is a separate app that keeps the record: every session from every source, what has been paid, your mileage and expenses, and your compliance documents with their expiry dates.

Do I still need to invoice if the work was booked for me?

It depends on the booking. Some bookings are paid through the agency or platform, and for others you invoice the workplace yourself. Check when you accept the work. Locbase keeps the session either way, and makes the invoice when you need one.

Can Locbase hold sessions from more than one source?

Yes. A session is the place, the times and the rate, however it was booked. Work from agencies, platforms and direct bookings all sits on the same calendar.

Read next

• Agency, platform or direct
• How to invoice as a locum
• Getting paid on time
• Locbase alongside LocumPrime
• Locbase alongside Lopic
• Locbase alongside Pharmaseekers
• Locbase alongside Team Locum

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Details about Locate a Locum were taken from locatealocum.com on 13 October 2026 and may have changed since. Locbase is an independent product: it has no partnership or arrangement with Locate a Locum and is not endorsed by it.