Plans to replace Leicester’s main mental health treatment unit with a more modern facility are set to be approved.
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust wants to decommission the Bradgate Unit, which was built in the 1980s at Glenfield Hospital.
The trust said current facilities were not capable of addressing concerns about mental health care.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said some of the existing wards were “not always safe, clean, well maintained and fit for purpose”.
A planning application to erect a new building close to the site of the current building is due to be debated by Blaby District Council on Thursday.
Planning officers have recommended the plans be approved by city councillors.
The trust said it would not comment ahead of the meeting.
But in documents submitted to the city council, the trust said the “current premises are not suitable for modern mental health services”.
“Repeated visits by the Care Quality Commission have found that the Bradgate facility has a series of significant issues which cannot be resolved without significant investment.”
The foundation has not disclosed how much it will cost to build the new facility.
The document adds: “It is accepted that without significant capital investment in state-of-the-art, purpose-built facilities it will not be possible to further improve the facility or resolve the outstanding issues raised by CQC.”
The plans would see four new adult acute psychiatric units created along with therapy space, a “safety assessment unit,” offices, an education and training center and an urgent treatment center.
The new building will be built on 8.5 acres (3.42 hectares) of grassy land, including temporary staff parking.
The trust said the current Bradgate unit will either be demolished or converted into a permanent pharmacy building to service the hospital.
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