A £71,000 refurbishment scheme at a Malvern psychiatric day care centre has been completed - but a decision still needs to be made over its future.

For the last 18 months, Worcestershire Community and Mental Health NHS Trust has been discussing where and how to provide mental health services in Malvern.

St Anne's Orchard, a Grade II listed building, which has a dry rot problem, is likely to be kept open for the next two years.

But the Trust still needs to decide whether to buy a new facility or enter a partnership with the social services department and making use of existing buildings.

"We are still considering the best option for long-term reprovision which will form part of the overall health development services in Worcestershire," said Trust spokeswoman Marion Smith.

Kim Clarke, chairman of the Friends of St Anne's, which was set up in response to the threat of closure of the building, said the refurbishment has given St Anne's a new lease of life.

"It looks really lovely now," she said.

She said that through the group's own fund-raising efforts - including the sale of bottled "St Anne's Orchard air" - they had raised about £650 to buy furniture and ornaments for the building.

"We built a patio, bought benches, tables, chairs, a wishing well and even some goldfish," she said. "We feel in control of any changes that need to be made.

"Before, everything felt as though it was out of our control and we were never consulted about the future of the centre, but now those worries have gone. Because of that everyone is more relaxed at St Anne's."