The New Acute Hospital for the South West, as the facility will be called, will take an investment of 267 million pounds (some 335 million euro) and three years to build. It will have 315 beds in single rooms covering an area of over 60,000 square metres, and it includes a worker housing building and an energy demand management centre, making it one of the most modern buildings in Europe in terms of energy efficiency, as it will need one-third less energy to run than other, similar facilities.

The project is characterised by the high quality standards required by the client, including comfort for patients as well as visitors and employees, ease of facility use, visual impact, integration in the surrounding landscape, energy efficiency and integration into the district's socio-economic relations. The hospital is designed as three bands, or lines of blocks, separated by linear gardens and courtyards, so it optimises the use of natural light and ventilation in addition to facilitating a constant visual relationship with the environment.

The contract includes, in addition to the design and construction of the new building, certain non-health-related support services, energy control, maintenance and management of the facilities' life cycle.

This hospital is the first to be awarded in Northern Ireland as a concession, and it falls within the framework of the plan to improve hospital infrastructures. As part of the plan, the new Omagh hospital is now in the bidding phase, and the consortium led by FCC Construcción is preparing a bid.