The primary care strategy will be a big challenge for us all. It will involve not alone commitment from the medics, but also commitment and involvement from all the local communities. Here we will see a wide range of services, all under one roof, being brought into the communities for the first time and away from a hospital setting. We will find routine minor surgery being carried out, together with services for the elderly. All of this is being brought nearer the patient in a one-stop approach. This, in my opinion, will prove very popular with patients as they will be familiar with staff and with their settings. In many cases, it will cut out a great deal of unnecessary travelling to the hospital in the next town.