Horan to chair NTPF

The National Treatment Purchase Fund has announced that John Horan is to be appointed the new Chairman.

He succeeds John O'Dwyer whose term has come to an end.

Mr Horan - a Donegal native - has been a Board member of the NTPF since 2007 and has also worked with Veterinary Ireland, Aer Lingus and the Irish Hotels Federation.

The National Treatment Purchase Fund was established in 2002 to arrange faster treatment for those patients waiting longest for surgical procedures.