Dumfries & Galloway Health & Social Care
A LOCKERBIE Care Home resident has been described as a walking miracle. Pat Deardon, a resident at Dryfemount Care Home, is putting her best foot forward to complete a sponsored after not walking for the…
CONSULTATION is about to take place on how to make best use of four of the region’s cottage hospitals – running from tomorrow, 17 May, to 18 August. Work has been taking place since the…
New Integration Joint Board members named A CHALLENGING period lies ahead for the corporate body responsible for the strategic planning of health and social care across the whole of Dumfries and Galloway. A new-look Dumfries…
THE DUMFRIES and Galloway winter flu and COVID effort has reached thousands of people in the region already – and anyone eligible for a vaccine can get one before Christmas without an appointment. Drop-in vaccination…
A RANGE of actions by people can help support the region’s health and social care system – which is currently under massive pressure. Taking up free vaccinations against flu and COVID if you are eligible is…
AN EXTREMELY difficult and challenging winter lies ahead for health and social care within Dumfries and Galloway. That is the warning from Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership, anticipating that current massive pressures…
EXTREME pressures are currently challenging the health and social care systems across Dumfries and Galloway. Urgent meetings have been taking place among clinical and care managers, as they work to address both the pressing short-term…
Although restrictions around COVID-19 have now been eased thanks to the vaccination programme, health and social care services are busier than ever. Major adaptations were required in areas such as dentistry in order to address…
The Unaudited Draft Dumfries and Galloway Integration Joint Board (IJB) Annual Accounts for 2020/21 are now out for public consultation. The IJB was established as a body corporate by order of the Scottish Ministers on…
COVID-19 has affected every aspect of health and social care, including how we access services delivered through GP practices. Please watch this short animated film about arrangements in Dumfries and Galloway, and how you can…