Review of Dumfries and Galloway community hospitals begins
dailyrecord.co.ukA review of community hospitals across the region is under way. Facilities in Kirkcudbright, Newton Stewart, Langholm and Moffat were mothballed in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Pressure has been growing to have them reopened, with the health board revealing in December there would shortly be a review of community bed base requirements.
Now, the region’s health and social care partnership is asking people to share their thoughts on intermediate community care – which includes care homes and cottage hospitals.
Strategic planning director David Rowland said: “We’re really pleased to now be able to launch an extremely important undertaking that will see us working in partnership with the communities right across our region. “In broad terms, intermediate care describes what help people are accessing between an acute hospital setting and what they are able to manage independently at home. “It can be about helping people remain at home when they’re becoming more dependent on care or helping them to recover from illness, a fall or an operation.
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