Primary Care Groups - Progress In Partnerships

participants. Contributors: PW had the original idea for the study and design and led the funding application, study execution, and analysis and preparation of the manuscript. She will act as guar› antor for the paper. HOCD and MAL were coapplicants for funding. PW sought ethical approval in Edinburgh and MAL in Glasgow. HODC, MAL, MCB, and AD contributed to the design, management of the study, and preparation of the manuscript. AD coordinated data management. GM contributed to the analysis, interpretation, and writing. Funding: This research was made possible by a three year grant from the Chief Scientist's Office, Scotland (K/MRS/50/ C2472) Competing interests: None declared.