Rural Precincts
ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼǒs Commitment to Health Precincts across NSW.
ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç has made strategic and significant investments in health precincts across NSW, with a strong focus on enhancing capabilities in regional centres like Wagga Wagga, Port Macquarie and Albury-Wodonga.
We’re committed to removing barriers to collaboration and aligning best practices across our health precincts. By leveraging the scale of our investment and adopting a cross-disciplinary, innovative approach, we aim to build and serve healthier communities across the state.Ìý
Wagga Wagga City Council and the NSW Department of Planning and Environment have developed a Health and Knowledge Precinct Master Plan to integrate complementary services and infrastructure including:Ìý
- Higher density accommodation.Ìý
- Allied health and aged care services.ÌýÌý
- Commercial spaces.Ìý
- Green spaces and smart infrastructure.Ìý
- Education and, healthy living initiative.ÌýÌý
Research expertise in the Riverina centres around rural resilience, addressing the unique health challenges faced by regional communities.Ìý
Murrumbidgee Health & Knowledge PrecinctÌý
The Murrumbidgee Health & Knowledge Precinct covers an area of over 125,000km and more than 250,000 people. The heart of the precinct is located near Wagga Wagga’s central Business District, as It is a mixed-use hub surrounding the city’s two major hospitals – Wagga Base Hospital (public) and Calvary Riverina Hospital (private).Ìý
The precinct is made up of more than 25 partnering organisations from across government, education and health.Ìý
Focused on health initiatives, the Precinct has three goals:
When the Precinct achieves these goals, our regional communities will be healthier, and our health and education systems will be stronger.ÌýÌý
The Precinct is building the best, most efficient and connected regional health service possible providing safe and timely care that meets the community’s needs. A health system where our community has a choice in how and where they can go to look after their health.Ìý
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It’s supporting doctors, nurses and specialists who work in our hospitals, general practices, and community health centres to work together across the private and public health system.Ìý
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It’s improving how health workers are trained and employed in our region, so they have the skills and technology they need to care for us in our community to improve health and wellbeing.
ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼǒs presence in Wagga WaggaÌý
ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Medicine & HealthÌýoperates a rural clinical campus within the precinct at its brand-new Biomedical Sciences Centre, which opened in 2025.Ìý
The new facility is home to the Faculty of Medicine & Health’s Rural Clinical Campus in Wagga Wagga. The Centre is a state-of-the-art purpose-built facility that will change the way medical students are trained in Australian rural, regional, and remote communities thanks to a $21 million commitment from the federal government – part of a wider investment in the Murray-Darling Medical Schools Network (MDMSN).
ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Medicine & Health has Clinical Campuses across New South Wales.
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