These developments have facilitated the hospital in developing the range and quality of the services it provides. In particular, the development of surgical services has enabled the hospital to increase its day surgery work. The emphasis in acute hospital care is on the overall volume of activity delivered, be it on an in-patient, day-case or out-patient basis. Modern advances in medicine and technology now mean that previously complicated procedures which would have necessitated a lengthy stay in hospital can be done much more simply and very often without the need for admission on an in-patient basis.