The Western Health and Social Care Trust has awarded the £300m contract for the construction and facilities management of a 315-bed hospital which will be the first in Northern Ireland to provide 100% single-bed, en-suite rooms.

Interserve said it will invest some £7.8m in the project, representing 31.5% of the equity and subordinated debt, and will provide "hard" FM services worth £75m over a 30-year period once the hospital has been built.