NHS Dumfries and Galloway is an

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serving the

Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...

region. It is one of the fourteen regions of

NHS Scotland NHS Scotland, sometimes styled NHSScotland, is the publicly funded healthcare system in Scotland and one of the four systems that make up the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. It operates 14 territorial NHS boards across Scotland, ...

. NHS Dumfries and Galloway provides health care and promotes healthy living for the people of Dumfries and Galloway.

History

The board was established following the dissolution of several NHS trusts which provided healthcare services in the Dumfries and Galloway area: Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals NHS Trust, Dumfries and Galloway Community Health NHS Trust and Dumfries and Galloway Primary Care NHS Trust, all of which were established in the 1990s and dissolved between 1999 and 2003. In October 2021 Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary was forced to suspend elective clinical procedures in order to be able to deal with the increased demand and staffing shortages which had been aggravated by

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, but assured that urgent and cancer procedures would continue.

Services

The population served is just 146,500, but within a large geographical area of about . Dumfries and Galloway stretches from

Langholm Langholm , also known colloquially as the "Muckle Toon", is a burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland. Langholm lies between four hills in the valley of the River Esk in the Southern Uplands. Location and geography Langholm sits nort ...

in the East to

Stranraer Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; gd, An t-Sròn Reamhar ), also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Inch in the historic county of Wigtownshire. It lies on the shores of L ...

in the West, and from

Kirkconnel Kirkconnel ( Gaelic: ''Cille Chonaill'') is a small parish in Dumfries and Galloway, southwestern Scotland. It is located on the A76 near the head of Nithsdale. Principally it has been a sporting community. The name comes from The Church of S ...

and

Carsphairn Carsphairn ( gd, An Còrsa Feàrna) is a village in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located about halfway between Dalmellington and St John's Town of Dalry, on the A713 road. Carsphairn annua ...

in the North down to the

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. There are a number of Community Hospitals throughout the region, and an intermediate unit (including maternity services and medical & surgical beds) in Stranraer. The board has been building an electronic shared cared record using

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software which is designed to integrate primary and secondary care data for its patients in real time using its software. Its headquarters are at Mountainhall Treatment Centre (Formerly Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary), Dumfries.

Hospitals

Within

Dumfries Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...

Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary is the main hospital in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The hospital is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway. History The hospital has its origins in a small facility at Mill Hole in Burns Street in cen ...

Midpark Hospital Midpark Hospital is a modern acute mental health unit located in Dumfries. The hospital is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway. History Design The hospital was designed to replace aging accommodation at a number of sites: the Cree West ward a ...

Outwith Dumfries
Annan Hospital

Castle Douglas Hospital Castle Douglas Hospital is a health facility in Academy Street, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway. History The facility, which was commissioned to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond J ...

Galloway Community Hospital The Galloway Community Hospital is a small hospital in Stranraer, Galloway, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway NHS Dumfries and Galloway is an NHS board serving the Dumfries and Galloway region. It is one of the fourteen regi ...

Kirkcudbright Hospital Kirkcudbright Hospital is a health facility in Barrhill Road, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway. History The facility was created by the conversion of Townend School, which occupied a m ...

Lochmaben Hospital Lochmaben Hospital is a health facility in Woodlands Drive, Lochmaben, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway. History The facility has its origins in an infectious diseases hospital which opened in May 190 ...

Moffat Hospital

Newton Stewart Hospital Newton Stewart Hospital is a health facility in Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway. History The facility has its origins in an infectious diseases hospital which opened in 1904. It joine ...

Thomas Hope Hospital Thomas Hope Hospital is a health facility in Strand Street, Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway. History The facility was financed by a large legacy from Thomas Hope, a retailing entrepreneur ...

Thornhill Hospital Thornhill Hospital is a health facility in Townhead Street, Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway. History The facility, which was designed by Evan Tweedie, was established as an infectious dise ...

Images

File:Dgri.jpg, The former Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, now Mountainhall Treatment Centre. File:New DGRI.jpg, Main Entrance Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

References

External links

* {{Authority control Organisations based in Dumfries and Galloway Health in Dumfries and Galloway