Newsroom staff
15 September 2016: The ACT Labor party has promised to build a new nursing and allied health clinical school at the University of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.
Labor announced this week it would provide $2.3 million in funding for the new facility, if re-elected at the October election.
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A re-elected Labor government will build a new nursing and allied health clinical school at the University of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.
The school would include training and research facilities, as well as teaching facilities at the new University of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Public Hospital (ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½PH) and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Hospital. Students would also have access to state-of-the-art clinical simulation equipment for an enhanced learning experience.
The commitment comes just days after Labor pledged to establish a new nurse practitioner course at the University and fund more nurse scholarships.
The rapidly developing ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½PH is part of the University's campus development project. It has been designed as a sub-acute care facility – the first of its kind in the ACT – and will provide ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ns with improved access to rehabilitation, aged care and mental health services.
The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½PH is scheduled to open in 2018.