Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Climate Week 2024 Scotland’s Climate Week is running from September 22 to 29. NHS Dumfries and Galloway is part of this global effort, committed to becoming a Net Zero organisation by 2040 – meaning that by that point it […]
A STAGGERING £13,000 has been raised for a local hospital ward by a man who walked from Sanquhar to John O’Groats to say thank you for the care and support provided to his mother. Callum Taylor, originally from Kelloholm but now living in Sanquhar, took on the gruelling 312-mile two-week challenge to raise the money
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Galloway Community Hospital Action Group have called for attendance at a meeting they have organised this Saturday. For clarity, NHS Dumfries and Galloway will not be attending. This Action Group meeting is focused on proposals to undertake a review of the hospital – which we set out in our Medium Term Plan 23/26 published in
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Statement from NHS Dumfries and Galloway Chief Executive, Jeff Ace At our public Board meeting yesterday, NHS Dumfries and Galloway’s very stark financial situation was set out frankly, and in considerable detail. Although this situation is not unique to Dumfries and Galloway, with most other health boards in Scotland facing a similar position, we have
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‘GO GREEN this Christmas’ is the message from the region’s pharmacy teams – asking people not to stockpile items during the festive period. Thousands of medications end up going unused every year in Dumfries and Galloway, but with a cost to the environment during their production and when they subsequently have to be binned. Dr Emily Kennedy is
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A SENIOR figure from NHS Dumfries and Galloway has been appointed as its new Chief Executive. Julie White currently serves as Chief Operating Officer, and will take on the role currently occupied by Jeff Ace when he retires at the end of March next year. Welcoming the appointment, Chairman Nick Morris said: “I’m very pleased
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DROP-IN vaccination clinics are now underway for the flu and COVID vaccination programme this winter. This means that everyone aged 12 and above who is in an eligible group can simply attend on the day – without having to make an appointment. Director of Public Health Valerie White said: “We’re really glad that we’re now
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The Integration Scheme for Dumfries and Galloway has been reviewed, revised and updated. This is a draft document until 2nd December 2023 to give people a further opportunity to provide comments and/or suggest changes. After this time, this will become a final draft document and submitted to NHS Dumfries and Galloway Board and Dumfries and
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NHS Dumfries and Galloway is encouraging people yet to record their donation decision to make it known this Organ and Tissue Donation Week (18-24 September 2023). New statistics release today show that over half of people in the NHS Dumfries and Galloway area (54 per cent) have now registered their donation decision – 50.5 per
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CHALLENGES are still being faced in the bid to reduce the region’s drug-related deaths – but with a new treatment fuelling hopes that progress can be made. Dumfries and Galloway’s successful introduction of a new medication to help treat opioid dependence has attracted national interest and raised local hopes of improved outcomes – after successive
Region’s drug treatment programme noted in national report Read More »