Primary care groups: Progress in partnerships

Abstract
National tracker survey The national tracker survey is a longitudinal survey of 72 of the 481 primary care groups established in 1999.6 The first survey was completed in December 1999 and the second in December 2000. The survey was summarised in the first article in this series.7 The evidence in this article is derived from telephone interviews with 69 of 71 chief officers of primary care groups and trusts and postal questionnaires returned by 43 of 71 representatives of social services between October and December 2000.