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Book it on Lopic. Run it in Locbase.

Lopic is an app where locum pharmacists and pharmacy technicians find and apply for shifts, upload their compliance documents, and see their schedule and earnings. Pharmacies pay Lopic a monthly fee per branch. 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 apply for it in the Lopic 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 Lopic are separate products from separate companies. They are not linked or partnered, and nothing passes between them automatically.

Every session, however it was booked

Lopic shows the schedule and earnings for shifts booked through it. Locbase holds the rest as well: sessions from other sources, the invoices you send, what is still unpaid, and your mileage and expenses.

Example: One week, booked three ways

• Monday: A session booked through Lopic.
• 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 Lopic?

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

Why use Locbase if I already use Lopic?

Lopic 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 Locate a Locum
• Locbase alongside LocumPrime
• Locbase alongside Pharmaseekers
• Locbase alongside Team Locum

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Details about Lopic were taken from lopic.io on 13 October 2026 and may have changed since. Locbase is an independent product: it has no partnership or arrangement with Lopic and is not endorsed by it.