Eight patients have died in the region’s hospitals this year while waiting to be discharged. And more than 50 people have suffered a similar fate over the last eight years. The figures were revealed ...

Work to transform four cottage hospitals in Dumfries and Galloway into community health and social care hubs is well underway ...

Council officials claim returning four cottage hospitals to full use is “neither achievable or desirable”. But they are also against continuing to mothball the facilities in Kirkcudbright, Newton ...