The national new care models programme brings together local health and care systems as vanguards to radically redesign care for the populations they serve.

As part of this work, NHS England has set out details of the multispecialty community provider (MCP) care model and emerging voluntary contract framework to support local providers to deliver greater, more joined up care for patients. Two leading GPs, Dr Nigel Watson and Professor Nick Harding take a look at what the proposals could mean.