The place of general practitioner hospitals in the organization of hospital services.

After many years in which general practitioner hospitals have had little encouragement towards constructive planning they now find themselves being viewed in a more favourable light. Health Authorities should attempt to assess the potential of such hospitals and make plans for their future. It will be necessary for the isolation of the hospitals from the mainstream of district planning to be yielded up in return for an assurance of a fully effective future role.