HEALTHCARE Solutions, a consortium sponsored by York-based Shepherd Construction and ABN AMRO, has won Government approval for its £65 million oncology and haematology centre scheme to be built at Castle Hill NHS Hospital, Hull.

The project, procured under the Government's Private Finance Initiative Scheme, will see Shepherd Construction as the main contractor, with facilities management being provided by OPERON and finance provided by ABN AMRO.

The development will be one of the most significant capital investments in East Yorkshire in the past 100 years.

Updated: 11:00 Wednesday, March 01, 2006