Regional Development Victoria

Keeping care local with new worker housing

In rural and regional areas, living and working locally puts health professionals at the heart of the community – giving them a deeper understanding of local needs and the chance to build strong community ties.

That all begins with having a great place to call home.

The Regional Worker Accommodation Fund is turning this into reality, delivering more housing to make it easier for healthcare professionals to live and work where they’re needed most.

At Shepparton Hospital, 15 new modern apartments are being built for healthcare workers, including doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.

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Matt Sharp – Chief Executive – GV Health

GV Health is an integrated health service providing a range of primary care, community health acute hospital services, residential aged-care, home-based aged care and a range of services across our region.

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Matt Sharp

We're undertaking a major staff accommodation project at GV Health it's the biggest accommodation project in 50 years at our main site here at the Shepparton Hospital.

Vision: 3D Render of completed accommodation project

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Matt Sharp

The Regional Worker Accommodation Fund will result in a total of 15 self-contained apartments comprising 18 bedrooms here on site

Vision: Timelapse footage of construction at worker accommodation building site

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Matt Sharp

We know that providing contemporary modern facilities for our staff is essential and that extends to accommodation.

At the moment we rent a number of accommodation houses, units right across Shepparton, but having the chance to provide what will be a communal type living for people is essential in terms of that support that they can extend to one another if they don’t have the best day at work.

Vision: 3D render of completed workers accommodation courtyard

Vision: Timelapse footage of construction at worker accommodation building site

Vision: 3D render inside completed accommodation

Matt Sharp

These self-contained units will be top-of-the-range, something that people would expect to find in a serviced apartment right across the country, so we're really excited about the boost that this will have to our accommodation on site and it'll make a meaningful difference to staff who come to work at GV Health.

Vision: Higher aerial Shot of RWAF building site surrounded by wider Shepparton

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Set within a safe and secure location with direct access to the hospital, the modern three storey apartments will feature 18 bedrooms.

Energy efficient, with balcony spaces and on-site bike parking and storage, the apartments will feature solar power and heat pump hot water systems, LED lighting, double glazed windows, recycled glass and sustainably sourced timber materials.

The apartments are being constructed by locally-based builder Hansen Yuncken, which has strong regional roots - including a 100-year legacy in Shepparton.

Artist rendering of worker apartments at Goulburn Valley Health's Shepparton Hospital site.

This is the largest worker accommodation project at Goulburn Valley Health’s main Shepparton site in 50 years – a major step in helping the organisation attract and retain the skilled workforce it relies on.

The development will be boosted by 18 additional apartments, now under construction on the same site, funded through the Regional Health Infrastructure Fund.

The Regional Worker Accommodation Fund is supporting more than 12 healthcare accommodation projects, across the state helping to bring thousands more skilled health workers to Victoria’s regions.