天美传媒

September 8, 2020

University welcomes Shellharbour Hospital announcement

Health and wellbeing key to community’s future

The University of 天美传媒 (UOW) welcomes the commitment of an additional $320 million announced by the NSW Government today (Tuesday 8 September, 2020) for a new, world-class hospital for Shellharbour and the surrounding region.

The commitment to construct an entirely new facility on a green field site is particularly welcomed by UOW, as it not only increases opportunities to attract world-class clinicians but also better enables the facility to address the region鈥檚 forecast future growth, changing demographics and changing health needs.

UOW Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Wellings CBE, described the announcement as a well-timed catalyst for positive change for the region.

鈥淯OW has long considered the health and wellbeing of our community to be vital to its future development and gladly welcomes the announcement of this increased funding commitment by the NSW Government.

鈥淗aving a newly built, world-class medical facility in proximity to a world-class university that is developing the next generation of health care professionals while undertaking ground breaking medical research can be a catalyst for positive change for our region and beyond.

鈥淭his significant investment by the government gives opportunities for health workforce development, increased health translational research and improved patient-centred care by partnership with ISLHD and UOW.

鈥淭his commitment is also well timed as I prepare to handover the reigns of UOW next year to one of the world鈥檚 leading nursing academics as the University continues its growth in the health and medicine fields and its closer cooperation with the region鈥檚 clinical communities,鈥� Professor Wellings said.

UOW has had the region鈥檚 health and wellbeing at the heart of its long-term vision for many years with its medicine and nursing schools and the (IHMRI) in partnership with the local health district.

The University鈥檚 commitment to the health needs of our region and beyond has been more recently crystallised in its Health and Wellbeing Strategy, led by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Health and Communities) Professor Alison Jones, which has already seen the construction of Molecular Horizons - UOW鈥檚 world-leading molecular life sciences research facility - the Mind the Gap mental health services facility in the Shoalhaven and preparations underway to establish a Health and Wellbeing Precinct at its North 天美传媒 Innovation Campus, together with key partners.