A DECISION has been taken to move ahead with relocating GP services in Stranraer onto the nearby Galloway Community Hospital campus. This follows extensive feasibility work and engagement with staff, patients and service users, and… 

CHARITIES, community groups, Carers and people with lived experience are helping shape a new approach to commissioning health and social care services in Dumfries and Galloway. A report to Dumfries and Galloway Integration Joint Board… 

MORE people could be supported to remain independent in their own homes under plans designed to help secure the future of health and social care services in Dumfries and Galloway. Reports presented to Dumfries and… 

A region-wide plan to strengthen and stabilise GP services has taken a major step forward, after Dumfries and Galloway’s health and care leaders endorsed a new shared vision for the future of general practice. The… 

A SIGNIFICANT financial gap of £25.7 million is being faced by health and social care in Dumfries and Galloway – but with work making progress in bringing down the overspend. The mid-year financial update which… 

A STRONG commitment to long-term partnership with the third sector has been reaffirmed — as plans are set out to strengthen how advice, support and care services delivered in communities are commissioned. The Integration Joint… 

A REGION-WIDE redesign of community health and care services is gathering momentum, with an £800,000 capital upgrade to four health and social care hubs due early next year. The investment marks the start of the… 

A NEW Chief Officer has been appointed to lead Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership (DGHSCP), as it works to strengthen integration and respond to major system pressures. Following a formal recruitment process, Gareth Marr has… 

The Dumfries and Galloway Integration Scheme is the document that lays out the local arrangements for the integration of health and social care services – delegated from the NHS Dumfries and Galloway Board and NHS…