The task force has engaged with and will continue to work with a range of interests concerning how the strategy will be implemented. It has met the health boards and, in several cases, representatives of key service providers at regional level. In order to begin the process of implementation of the new primary care model, the task force prioritised the selection of locations for a number of initial primary care implementation projects. In October 2002 approval was given to the first ten such projects which will build on the services and resources already in place in the ten locations involved to develop, over the coming months, a primary care team in line with the inter-disciplinary model described in the strategy.