Our ambition was to offer the highest standards of care to even the most deprived communities, and our work with challenged patient groups, such as substance misusers, the homeless and asylum seekers made us believe this was possible. We also believed that if we aspired to genuinely “make a difference” then others would want to join us. We started in 2006 by transforming the clinical care provided by a  practice in the heart of Peckham, and in a few short years, we have grown into a team of over 200 doctors, nurses and managers providing care across GP practices, walk in and urgent care centres as well as other additional services in London.