ABSTRACT
As part of the modernisation of primary care services in the UK, recent organisational developments have supplied new frameworks for interprofessional collaboration. These have gained momentum since 1997 through the political leadership of a government committed to cross-boundary programmes in its pursuit of a stronger corporate commitment to the ‘new’ National Health Service (NHS). As a result, the professionalism of function is replacing the traditional focus on person-specific individual professions. A case study from a central London district illustrates the growing effectiveness of this policy in local practice.
