In the Catholic Church, ann example of a locum tenens is an apostolic administrator, often a bishop who temporarily governs a vacant see until a new ordinary is appointed.
Locum tenens is a Latin phrase meaning "place holding", akin to the French lieutenant.
Some GPs have been employed by the primary care trusts (PCTs) to provide locum cover.
[4] Locums provide a ready means for organizations to fill positions that are temporarily vacant or for which no long-term funding is available.
[5][6] Some locum recruitment agencies offer pre-employment training to foreign medical graduates before their first professional experience in the primary care system.