Oakley report delayed
PA Auckland Publication of an Ombudsman's report on psychiatric services at Oakley Hospital. Auckland has been delayed by the committee of inquiry into the institution. The Ombudsman, Mr Lester Castle, yesterday said he had completed his investigation of an alleged failure of the Auckland Hospital Board. to implement certain recommendations from the 1971 Commission of Inquiry on Oakley. The committee of inquiry recently established to investigate patient care in the hospital would'Cover some
areas dealt with by his report. He would make his report available to the chairman of the hospital board. Dr Frank Rutter, and chief executive, Mr Corkery. and the complainant, as required under the Ombudsman Act 1975. But he decided not to publish the report at this juncture. “In my considered opinion the public interest is best served if the committee proceeds with its inquiry unhindered by the public disclosure of the contents of my report?
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