TWO NHS Dumfries and Galloway midwives have been officially recognised as change makers and making a real difference to people’s health and wellbeing. It has been confirmed that Heather Innes from Langholm and Jennifer Rendall from Dumfries were nominated and chosen for the 2021 Queen’s Nurse Programme. Karen King, Head of Midwifery/Consultant Midwife, said: “It is with
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A PROGRAMME to provide people in Dumfries and Galloway with their second dose COVID-19 vaccinations is now well underway. Second vaccinations for care home staff and residents began last week, after the first doses were completed by Christmas Eve last year. Front line staff across health and social care began receiving their second doses on
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COVID-19 testing is now available for everyone across Dumfries and Galloway, regardless of whether or not they have symptoms. Anyone experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 is asked to immediately self-isolate along with their household, and to continue self-isolating until they receive a test result. However, in a further evolution of testing within the region, from Thursday
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A TOTAL of 49,866 first dose COVID-19 vaccinations have now been delivered in Dumfries and Galloway – representing more than a third of the region’s entire population. The majority of people aged 65 and over have now received a vaccination, along with those who are shielding, care home residents and the majority of front line
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A TECHNICAL issue has affected a batch of vaccination appointment letters which were issued yesterday. These incorrectly gave yesterday’s date for those appointments.People receiving these letters will be vaccinated on Thursday and Friday of this week. They will now receive new letters by mid-week which set out the correct details.We apologise for any confusion and
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A CALL is being issued for everyone in the DG8 and DG9 postcodes to come forward and be tested for COVID-19 – whether or not they are currently experiencing symptoms. Testing has been available this week in Stranraer for people experiencing symptoms and those who felt they might have COVID but were asymptomatic. However, capacity
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A TOTAL of 37,647 first dose COVID-19 vaccinations have now been delivered in Dumfries and Galloway – representing a vaccination for around one in every four people. Dumfries and Galloway is on course to have delivered a first vaccination to the majority of people aged 65 and over by this Sunday, along with those who
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A NOTABLE rate of COVID cases in the Annan and Dumfries areas has prompted calls for anyone with even the mildest symptoms to be tested. New cases of the coronavirus have been decreasing across Dumfries and Galloway in recent weeks following a surge over new year fuelled by the highly transmissible variant B.1.1.7. However, the
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COVID-19 testing for people who do not have obvious symptoms of the coronavirus is being made available in Stranraer from Monday February 8. As part of an evolving national approach which is making more asymptomatic testing available, people in the DG8 and DG9 postcodes without symptoms will be able to book tests on the day
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A TOTAL of five central locations are being employed to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to people aged 65 to 69 within Dumfries and Galloway. These vaccinations are taking place at the same time but separately from those being provided to people aged 70 to 79 and those who are shielding, where a mixed model combination of
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