NHS Dumfries & Galloway

NHS Dumfries and Galloway chief executive Jeff Ace

Statement from NHS Dumfries and Galloway Chief Executive Jeff Ace

 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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Beware of telephone fraudsters pretending to call on behalf of NHS

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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Pupils taking part in the NHS Dumfries and Galloway work experience scheme

Work experience offers region’s pupils taste of career in health and social care

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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A syringe and a coronavirus model

‘Get ready’ call as winter flu and COVID jags get off to flying start

GET ready for your winter flu and COVID-19 vaccinations – that is the message going out across Dumfries and Galloway.  A push to vaccinate the region’s care home residents and staff began last Monday, and amid a good and speedy uptake all other eligible recipients are now being advised to get ready for their vaccinations. 

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Tributes paid to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

TRIBUTES are paid to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by NHS Dumfries and Galloway. The Queen’s long reign spans almost the entire existence of the National Health Service, during which strong local connections were established. In July 1975, Her Majesty officially opened Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, named with royal approval. That connection continued in

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