Rod Edgar

SEVERE pressures affecting health and social care services across Dumfries and Galloway were a key focus of discussion at Monday’s meeting of the NHS Board. Particular concern was expressed about the chronic shortage of funded social care support for people outside hospital. Chief Executive Julie White revealed that, at points in recent weeks, around a

HEALTH officials are urging people who are eligible for flu and COVID-19 vaccination to take up the offer this winter and help protect themselves from serious illness. Vaccinations are being delivered over the coming months, with different groups being invited at different times. Director of Public Health at NHS Dumfries and Galloway Valerie White said:

CARBON emissions from NHS Dumfries and Galloway’s buildings fell by almost six per cent in the past year, according to new figures. The reduction is being highlighted during Climate Week as part of the organisation’s work towards becoming a Net Zero health service by 2040, with energy use across hospitals, health centres and other buildings

A new programme to vaccinate school-leavers and new university and college students against meningitis B has started well. Since the campaign launched in June this year uptake of the vaccine has been good, according to a report delivered to the NHS Dumfries and Galloway Board this week. The meningitis B vaccine, offered for a limited

National cancer care charity Maggie’s has announced their planned support centre in Dumfries and Galloway, home of their founder Maggie Keswick Jencks, will be designed in collaboration between two exceptional designers. The charity, which marks 30 years of providing free expert cancer support this year, has named Roz Barr Architects and Lily Jencks Studio as