A new pattern in day hospital development. The West Middlesex Day Hospital.
1. The shifting emphasis in psychiatric treatment away from the mental hospital and into the community which it serves is noted.

2. The development of Day Departments in general hospitals as part of the Day Hospital movement in Great Britain is reviewed.

3. A detailed account of the West Middlesex Day Hospital—a Day Department in a general hospital staffed by an associated mental hospital —is given.

4. The conclusion is reached that a substantial proportion of the day units to be formed in the future should be of this nature.

5. Prospective developments of the Department and its social club are outlined.