As most general practitioners will be acutely aware; the landscape of primary care in England and Wales is changing rapidly. The Five Year Forward View places a strong emphasis on integration between primary care, community services and hospitals, and to achieve this the new models of care envisage GP practices working collectively in federations or with other providers as part of multi-speciality community provider (MCP) models. In order to prepare for working together at scale, GP partnerships should always ensure that they have up to date partnership agreements to ensure a solid foundation.