The Victorian Liberals and Nationals have vowed to allocate $100 million to develop the Integrated Cancer Centre and Clinical Health School at Goulburn Valley Health in Shepparton if the coalition wins the November 26 election.
The money for the facility would come from shelving construction of the first part of the Victorian Labor government's Suburban Rail Loop from Cheltenham to Box Hill, the opposition said.
It would allow GV Health to expand its current cancer and oncology services and make the existing site up to four times larger, ensuring improved access for cancer patients across the region.
The school would support more than 300 nursing and allied health enrolments each year under a proposed partnership with La Trobe University, expanding the opposition's previous commitments to build new teaching hospitals in Mildura, Wodonga and Warragul.
"Training healthcare workers in regional Victoria, like we have committed to do in Mildura, Wodonga and Shepparton, will put more doctors, nurses and staff in the areas they're needed most," Opposition Leader Matthew Guy said in a statement on Tuesday.
"The Goulburn Valley is growing, and this commitment will help ensure the local health services and workforce can grow with it."
The Victorian coalition is attempting to reclaim the seat of Shepparton from sitting independent Suzanna Sheed, with both the Nationals and Liberals running candidates.
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