Key Worker Accommodation Program

The NSW Government’s investment of $45.3 million to deliver modern, sustainable accommodation for health workers in Far West, Murrumbidgee and Southern NSW Local Health Districts is now complete with all units delivered and now operational. 

Project information

Benefits

• attract more health workers to rural and regional hospitals
• provide new, fit for purpose, self-contained accommodation
• provide fully furnished accommodation and a safe and comfortable environment
• provide spacious units and landscaping
• be located on hospital grounds
• establish a community within a community allowing spaces for staff to connect with each other
• offer fit for purpose accommodation to provide comfort, security and amenity for health workers
• support regions to attract and retain staff in rural communities
• avoid high costs associated with provision of ad-hoc, temporary accommodation.

Scope

The KWA program delivered accommodation for health workers within the hospital grounds at:

• Balranald and Broken Hill (Far West Local Health District)
• Cooma (Southern NSW Local Health District)
• Finley, Leeton, Narrandera, and West Wyalong (Murrumbidgee Local Health District).

These sites were selected by the local health districts.

Operational management of the units, including eligibility for key health care workers, is determined by the appropriate local health district.

The NSW Government announced a further $200.1 million for key worker accommodation in the 2024-25 NSW budget.