Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory has received a $24.5 million grant from the federal government to establish a medical program, which will be housed in a new building designed by DWP Australia and Ashford Group Architects.
The university first announced plans for a medical school in 2021. In 2023, construction began on the $25.8 million Centre for Better Health Futures at the university’s Casuarina campus.
The three-storey facility with clinical and preclinical simulation environments, laboratory environments and research infrastructure, with a simulated emergency department, hospital ward, and 12 bed bays.
The proposed Centre for Better Health Futures at Charles Darwin University designed by DWP Australia and Ashford Group Architects.
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The new funding announcement will create 40 commonwealth supported places annually.
“For too long students from the NT who have wanted to study medicine have had to start their study away from home,” said federal health and aged care minister Mark Butler.
“We know junior doctors and trainees are more likely to work in communities that they study in.
“Establishing a medical school will be an important step in developing and retaining a high-quality medical workforce equipped to deal with the Territory’s unique health challenges.”
Construction of the Centre for Better Health Futures is expected to be complete in 2025.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
