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**Author:** [@CaptainWalker](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/CaptainWalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [8 March 2025 13:09 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/accused-of-stopping-s17-leaves/3413 "2025-03-08T13:09:28Z")
Not many people up here may understand the situation where me as a locum enters a new job and inherits some 20 previously unknown patients following an absence of regular RC cover in weeks or months before. It’s worse in…