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

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Pressing ahead with plans for a multi-million pound cancer facility in the region should be a priority according to the health board’s top man.

Jeff Ace, chief executive of NHS Dumfries and Galloway, this week threw his support behind a joint project with Maggie’s to deliver a specialised cancer care facility.

And while all health board members were supportive of the idea, some have reservations about whether or not the struggling health service has the capacity to make such a big project a reality.

At Monday’s health board meeting, non-executive members Greg Black and Laura Douglas both shared concerns about already-overstretched NHS staff taking on this project on top of the day job and not having the resources to deliver.

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