Projects which are planned for the next budget period include:

•  Further redevelopment at the Ulster Hospital, providing improved facilities for a range of services.

•  Continuing investment to address key infrastructural risks arising in ageing buildings which have not yet been replaced.

•  A programme of primary and community care health centres across the region, shifting the focus from secondary care to primary care.

•  Improving healthcare provision through investment in more modern equipment, for example, new systems for cancer care.

•  Further ICT developments, including new systems for patient care such as allergy and current prescription information, electronic prescribing in hospitals, GP to GP electronic transfer of records etc.