New government policy on the future of psychiatric hospitals.
Report shows: interiors and exteriors of psychiatric hospitals, interview with Liam Flanagan, Secretary, Department of Health on closure of present psychiatric hospitals, into camera George Devlin.
Interview with Professor Tony Fahy, President of The College of Psychiatrists, on the implementation of the new plans, intercut with exteriors and interiors of psychiatric hospitals.
Interview with Liam Flanagan, Secretary, Department of Health, intercut with exteriors of former Richmond District Asylum, Grangegorman, and other psychiatric hospitals, interview with unidentified man, footage of nurse with children in grounds of psychiatric hospital, exterior of hospital buildings.
The reporter is George Devlin