NHS Dumfries and Galloway is now sending out details on patient appointments via text and email. This is similar to how some GP practices and dentists already send out details about appointments, making the process quicker and more environmentally friendly. If you’re expecting to attend an appointment and receive a text or email, please click the link to confirm your attendance, or to reschedule. You might also receive messages to complete essential online forms ahead of an operation. And if the

The 2025 Christmas lights switch-on took place this afternoon at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary. Live music was provided by singers from Dumfries Academy, before Children's Ward Senior Charge Nurse welcomed the Hannah family from Stranraer - young Laura Jayne and her sisters Charlotte, Margaret and Christina - to push the button to illuminate the tree in front of the hospital. Please watch, enjoy and share, with best wishes for the festive period from NHS Dumfries and Galloway. | NHS Dumf