A NEW provider has been awarded the contract to deliver general medical services out of the practice in Lockerbie. Dr Kashif Ahmad and Dr Michael Ramsden were already serving as locums at Lockerbie Medical Practice, but successfully bid to take over responsibility for managing services. Deputy Medical Director Dr Grecy Bell said: “NHS Dumfries and …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Local ice hockey team Solway Sharks has donated over 200 soft toys to DGRI’s children’s ward following a huge collection in the second year of their ‘Hurl a Hug’ initiative. This week four of the team’s players paid a Christmas visit to hand over a bounty of soft toys and spent time on the ward …
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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 …
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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Telephone scammers pretending to be associated with the NHS are operating in Scotland. Common tactics include asking for bank details, supposedly for a small payment to cover equipment insurance, outpatient treatment or other forms of care. Earlier this year, scam callers asking for payment for COVID-19 tests or vaccination were also common. NHS Scotland will …
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