The Department of Health White Paper Our health, our care, our say: a new direction for community services was published on 30 January 2006. The White Paper sets out the government's agenda for the reform of primary care services, including shifting care from hospitals into community settings, giving GPs more responsibility for local health budgets through practice-based commissioning, and the introduction of alternative providers. It confirms the vision set out in the Independence, Well-being and Choice Green Paper which was published in March 2005.

Our resources on the White Paper are collated here, along with useful resources on the Department of Health website and suggestions of where to go for further information.

• Our work on primary care