The Committee discussed at length the administrative structure at present prevailing, with particular reference to current principles and practice in the mental health field. Undoubtedly varying standards of successful collaboration and integration exist, with, however, the greatest signs of stress and strain in communities where there is dissociation between the local health services and the distant psychiatric hospitals that serve them. Any attempt at integration of the present tripartite administration into a single authority for a single community of optimum size would be welcomed by the Association, provided satisfactory arrangements could be made that are better than the existing ones.