Bootham Park Hospital
“INTERIM plans” have been announced for patients at Bootham Park Hospital while a new mental health facility is built.
Wards at the hospital will be altered to make them more suitable and ward six and the electroconvulsive therapy suite will temporarily move to Cherry Tree House in Tang Hall.
The site of a new purpose built hospital - expected to open in three years - is due to be announced in six months.
The decision was made after inspectors said the building was not fit for purpose.
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