Our purpose is to work with GP practices, PCTs and other parts of the NHS as partners, and to support them in providing high quality healthcare services.

We work with and for local people to:

• Deliver high quality services nearer to their homes.
  Provide out-of-hours hospital services in familiar surroundings.
• Support and, where possible, extend access to GP practice-based family care.

We support local GP practices:

• Providing medical/margin cover to the GP practices of Devon
• Starting new services through practice based commissioning (PBC)
• Providing intermediate out of hospital care.

We work with PCTs to:

• Offer support as they develop and implement improved care pathways
• Deliver cost effective high quality services in primary care
• Prevent fragmentation of care and to keep services in the NHS family

We work as a flexible and strategic partner to support the provider arms of local NHS bodies, such as:

• Primary Care Trusts
• The South Western Ambulance Service Trust
• Mental health providers
• Secondary care providers