Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a $150 million contribution to a new $300 million Flinders University healthcare centre. The Coalition has announced that it will match the $150 million for the centre, describing it as a "great project."
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00:00Shaking on a deal to ease pressure on SA's health system, the Prime Minister pledging
00:09to help build a $300 million health service at the Flinders Medical Precinct on his whistle-stop
00:14visit to Adelaide's Marginal Electorate of Boothby.
00:18When this is up and running, there will be able to be 100 patients supported by this
00:24service and facility every day at any time.
00:29The clinic will be staffed by Flinders University students and help train 1,300 graduates each
00:34year in fields like nursing, social work, occupational therapy and paramedicine.
00:40The university will pay for half the 10-storey centre, with the federal government stumping
00:44up the rest no matter who wins the election, after the opposition matched the pledge.
00:49We will absolutely commit to supporting the $150 million of the $300 million to build
00:55this health hub precinct.
00:56Construction isn't due to start until 2027, and more qualified health professionals will
01:02be needed to work alongside the students.
01:04But the Premier says recruitment won't be an issue.
01:07We have seen the ability of the state government to employ substantially over and above attrition
01:13in all of those fields and we've delivered it.
01:15The Nurses Union has welcomed the promise, but wants a greater focus on staff retention.
01:20It's one thing to recruit more nurses and midwives into the system, but we also need
01:24to make sure we look after those people we already have.
01:27A plan to bolster health services while training the next generation.