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Need to wear facemasks in Dumfries and Galloway health and social care settings lifted

It marks a return to pre-pandemic guidance where mask use will be based on clinical need, based on infection prevention and control advice

Daily Record · May 24, 2023

Scots NHS boss says he 'cannot afford' 10 per cent of his staff as health service struggles

Jeff Ace, chief executive of NHS Dumfries and Galloway, also warned of the "extraordinary" challenges the health service is facing

Daily Record · May 2, 2023

NHS is facing ‘extraordinary challenges’, health board chief tells MSPs

Jeff Ace said his board, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, technically could not afford one tenth of its staff.

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023

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Multi-million pound cancer facility in Dumfries and Galloway gets support of health board boss

Jeff Ace is in favour of the plan to create a Maggie's Centre - but warned it will mean some things are "de-prioritised"

Daily Record · Dec 19, 2022

Plea to reopen Dumfries and Galloway's cottage hospitals

Four facilities across the region have been closed since they were mothballed in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic

Daily Record · Nov 18, 2022

Former GP makes impassioned plea Newton Stewart Hospital to be reopened

Dr Angela Armstrong has won the support of Cree Valley Community Council for the Newton Stewart Hospital Action Group's campaign

Daily Record · Nov 11, 2022

NHS Dumfries and Galloway makes fresh plea for help to free up hospital beds

Sites across the region are "operating beyond capacity", with more than 100 people in hospital unable to return home despite no longer requiring clinical care

Daily Record · Nov 2, 2022

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Dumfries and Galloway's hospital services falling short of what patients expect

Jeff Ace has spoken of incidents where patients had to share a single room as the hospital hit maximum capacity

Daily Record · Oct 28, 2022

Dumfries and Galloway health chiefs fear it would be "stretching mathematical credibility" to balance the books

Chief executive Jeff Ace warned he is "not sure" he is currently in a position to reassure the public about the level of service they’d receive if the necessary cuts are made

Daily Record · Oct 7, 2022

NHS Dumfries and Galloway board warned "no easy solutions or answers" to saving £20 million

Finance boss Katy Kerr has warned it is not "business as usual" as officials try to balance the books

Daily Record · Jun 20, 2022

More than 80 patients stuck in Dumfries and Galloway hospitals despite being fit to go home

The health board has warned the problem won't be solved any time soon due to a shortage of nearly 200 care workers

Daily Record · Feb 18, 2022

Better spring ahead following dramatic drop in Covid hospitalisations in Dumfries and Galloway

The virus patient numbers were up to seven times higher this time last year

Daily Record · Feb 16, 2022

NHS Dumfries and Galloway boss warns coronavirus pandemic has undone “10 or 15 years of improvements”

Chief executive Jeff Ace believes it will take years for the service to recover from the crisis

Daily Record · Jan 27, 2022

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