Future Plans
Despite repeated media coverage over the last twenty years of the plight of St Ita's continuing decaying conditions, and the general need for social housing and county amenities, such as sports facilities and waste water treatment in the area, the entirety of St Ita's has remained largely unaltered. Of primary concern is the upgrading of facilities to better accommodate long stay patients, as has been the case in the UK, where patients from asylums such as High Royds Hospital, an asylum of similar scale to St Ita's have been transferred into residential care.
The current proposals being entertained is for:
- St Ita's to be closed, entirely and facilities to be moved to Beaumont Hospital. Redevelopment of the site.
- Limited closure of St Ita's with a retained long stay facilities. Redevelopment of much of the site.
- Expansion of services, creating a specialised facility, also catering for the criminally insane.
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