Parts of the former Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital site in Omagh could be sold as the Western Health and Social Care Trust reviews its estate.

An estimated £99 million would be needed to bring the site up to acceptable and safe standards, Health Minister Robbie Butler disclosed in response to an Assembly question. The figure was calculated in September 2025.

The Trust is currently scoping space utilisation and updating its Estate Control Plan for the hospital. The work is expected to be completed by autumn 2026 and will include proposals for re-use, rationalisation and, where appropriate, disposal of buildings owned by the Trust and the Department of Health.

The Trust stressed that no decisions have been taken about any specific building or part of the site.

Eleven vacant properties have been identified at the hospital, which ceased operating as a mental health facility almost 30 years ago. A Northern Ireland Audit Office report previously found that repairs to those vacant buildings would cost more than £3 million.

Around 730 people are currently employed on the site, the minister said, a figure that does not include staff at the nearby Omagh Hospital and Primary Care Complex.

West Tyrone SDLP MLA Daniel McCrossan, who asked the minister about the investment required and any plans for disposal, said the listed buildings form an important part of Omagh’s heritage. He said their historic integrity must be protected during any discussions about their future, and he expressed hope the scoping process would find solutions that combine continued use for the existing workforce with new uses for the vacant properties.