Building firms eye cancer contract

More than €480 million will be invested in a national network of radiation oncology services over the next five years, in what is to be the first public private partnership (PPP) in the health sector.

More than €480 million will be invested in a national network of radiation oncology services over the next five years, in what is to be the first public private partnership (PPP) in the health sector.

The National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) has been charged with the delivery of the major infrastructural investment, which was announced last summer.

The investment was announced soon after the decision to add 1,000 extra hospital beds by building ...