The new residential development at Ivy Lane is a key part of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's (OUH) wider project to provide new staff with high-quality homes at rents more affordable than Oxfordshire's private market.

Terry Roberts, chief people officer at OUH, said: ‘Providing trust staff with good quality, low rental housing within walking distance of our Oxford hospitals is so important. We know how vital good housing is for attracting and retaining the people who deliver outstanding care every day, and this development is a key part of that commitment.'

Delivered by housebuilder The Hill Group, in partnership with housing association A2Dominion and supported by Oxford Hospitals Charity, the completed development will replace former outdated accommodation with seven modern apartment buildings, providing 125 homes for at least 340 staff members.

Phase two, which is due to complete in 2026, follows the official opening of the first phase in January 2025, which includes 78 new homes in total, made up of 12 self-contained one-bed apartments, 11 studios, 23 two-bed self-contained family apartments, four four-bed and 25 five-bedroom shared apartments and three homes specially configured for disabled tenants.