An $8-million housing project to accommodate health professionals is aiming to address the crippling doctor shortage — freeing up rental homes in the process.
abc.net.au/news/grampians-health-horsham-hospital-staff-accommodation/101824368An $8-million housing project to accommodate health professionals in Victoria's Wimmera aims to address the region's crippling doctor shortage.Horsham will be home to 36 units for Grampian Health staff by early 2024 after a vacant site was found
The 36-unit development at the end of Byrne Street, Horsham will be within walking distance of the city's hospital, which developer Stuart Benjamin says will help attract doctors who don't drive or don't want to. Doctors, nurses and allied health staff will be eligible to live in the units, including staff already working at the hospital and living in rentals around the city, Grampians Health chief executive Dale Fraser says.
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