NHS Dumfries and Galloway has been celebrating the amazing role of nurses on #InternationalNursesDayToday (May 12) officially recognises the invaluable role of nurses.NHS Dumfries and Galloway is joining the celebrations across the world to share the incredible achievements and wonderful stories about how nurses have made a big difference in their patients’ lives that truly demonstrate
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AN EXTREMELY high level of activity is being experienced at the region’s two acute hospitals. This is a situation which has continued since the four day Easter Holiday weekend, and which has meant services having to operate flexibly – making use of all available staffing capacity in order to meet demand. A request is made
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PEOPLE who are ready to leave hospital should get home in time for lunch on their day of discharge – that is the new goal for staff and carers within Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership. In a new push to reduce delays in discharge, patients, Carers, and hospital staff are being asked
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A GOOD attendance is expected and encouraged at public engagement events around maternity services in the west of the region. Finalised details of opportunities to feed into the review of maternity services are now being promoted within communities in Wigtownshire, with an ask for everyone to help spread the word. Opportunities include an online survey, drop-in sessions, bookable 1-to-1
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UPDATE: The Stranraer Library engagement meeting will now take place from 10.30 am to 3 pm on Tuesday 7th March, not on Friday 3rd March as originally announced. A SIGNIFICANT piece of engagement work is set to get underway focused on maternity services in the west of the region. Two separate independent chairs have been appointed to
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Are you looking for a rewarding and worthwhile opportunity to help shape the way health and social care services are delivered in Dumfries and Galloway? If so, we would like to hear from you. We are seeking to appoint three new non-executive members to our Board. Applications are invited from a wide range of people
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17 November every year is World Prematurity Day, and the neonatal unit at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary is decorated in purple to mark it. Staff there have a simple message for parents and family of premature babies today – we see you, you’re not alone. One in thirteen babies are born prematurely – after
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The last few days have been exceptionally difficult for hospital and community services across Dumfries and Galloway. Due to continued high admissions and ongoing difficulties with discharge home, all of our sites are operating beyond capacity and staff are trying to manage far more patients than would normally be considered appropriate for safe and high
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A CHANCE to experience a wide range of careers spanning health and social car has been offered to dozens of school pupils from across Dumfries and Galloway. A total of 78 pupils took part in Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Partnership’s work experience week. They gained a firsthand insight into the work involved in roles ranging from care at home worker to
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ORGAN donation has changed in Scotland, with a move to an ‘opt out’ approach. And now, everyone aged 16 and above is being encouraged to record their donation decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register, and to tell their loved ones, too. NHS Dumfries and Galloway is helping to promote awareness of the change, as
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