On 5 June 1986 a national conference was held at the King's Fund Centre to discuss the report of the community nursing review, Neighbourhood nursing: a focus for care. This report of the conference proceedings is not a direct narrative. The introduction describes the background to the review, the team's methods and main findings, and provides a summary of their recommendations. The subsequent five sections draw together the material discussed during the day, based around the key recommendations of the report on neighbourhood nursing services, the primary health care team, nursing skills, community nurse training, health care associations.