title: Primary care. Toil and trouble.
abstract: Establishing PCGs will represent a huge change even in areas with well-developed primary care. The inclusion of nurses in PCGs is likely to prove problematic. The new groups will need to achieve high-profile early successes in order to maintain credibility. There is little evidence that fewer managers will be required.
authors.affiliation: Newcastle and North Tyneside Health Authority.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Christie
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blades
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom