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Review of Galloway maternity services set to begin

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A review of maternity services in Galloway is set to begin. Campaigners have been calling for the birthing suite at Galloway Community Hospital to be reopened.

It closed in 2018 due to a staffing shortage and ever since mums have had to travel to Dumfries to give birth. But some haven’t made it that far, with numerous cases of mothers giving birth in laybys.

The region’s health board has now appointed two members of NHS Ayrshire and Arran staff – medical director Crawford McGuffie and executive nurse director Jennifer Wilson – to act as independent chairs of a review of services.

They will be supported by midwifery expert Angela Cunningham, a retired associate director for women’s and children’s services.

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