Salient. Victoria University of Wellington Student's Newspaper. Volume 31, Number 9. May 21 1968
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Consider the policy point by point:
(1) The policy called for an immediate and extensive overhaul to ensure that adequate in-patient and out-patient services were available.
"This doesn't say a thing," Mr Blizard said. "It makes no specific recommendations for improvement and overhaul. It's a platitude."
The policy said immediate endeavours would be made to overcome the present serious shortage of psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers.
"This is another pious and imprecise platitude," Mr Blizard said.