Introduction; D.Hennessy.- Developing Community Health Care; D.Hennessy & G.Swain.- Identifying Health Needs; L.E.Armitage.- Commissioning Services to Meet Identified Needs; L.Haggard.- The Development of Primary Health Care; C.Taylor & G.Meads.- Inner-City Changes: Health Care Services in Britain's Inner Cities; A.Fawcett-Henesy.- Interprofessional Education and Curriculum Development: 'A Model for the Future'; R.Bell, K.Johnson & H.Scott.- Clinical Effectiveness: the Challenge for Community Nursing; K.Walshe.- Palliative Care in the Community; N.Small, A.Ashworth, D.Coyle, S.Hennessy, S.Jenkins Clarke, N.Rice & S.Ahmedzai.- How to Deliver Effective Community Health Care; L.Hadfield.- The Effect of Changes in Hospital Care on Community Health Care; S.Legg & H.Ellerington.- Epilogue; D.Hennessy & G.Swain.