The Minister of Health and Children has accepted, in principle, the main thrust of the report of the review group and requested that the East Coast Area Health Board establish a project team to progress the matter as quickly as possible. The project team had its inaugural meeting on the 19 February 2003 and its remit will be to examine critically all options for the redevelopment of the hospital; to put together a design brief for the redevelopment; and to examine various financing options, including the possibility of a public-private partnership.