title: Primary care. From paper to practice.
abstract: The proposed size of primary care groups may prove problematic. Their creation will have bureaucratic consequences. Primary care groups' proposed accountability to three different organisations may lead to conflict. Their establishment will compound existing problems: increasing organisational complexity and conflicts between local discretion and central control.
authors.affiliation: Health Services Management Centre, Birmingham University.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wall
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D003625:Data Collection; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D012931:Social Environment; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom