Board seeks public support to manage £33.6 million funding gap in the new financial year…
Some shocking news reached the E&L Advertiser this week when we heard that NHS Dumfries and Galloway is facing a £33.6 million shortfall in the new financial year. The board has now agreed decisive, fast-tracked savings measures alongside transformation aimed at longer-term efficiencies.
A strategy has been agreed to battle the major financial deficit faced by NHS Dumfries and Galloway – and the public are being asked to play a key role. However, even with this scale of savings the NHS Board recognised that the plan did not yet meet the requirements set out by the Scottish Government, and that a further financial plan would be required by the start of June.
Explaining the situation, Director of Finance Katy Kerr said:
“These are undoubtedly very difficult times for NHS Dumfries and Galloway. In the 2025/26 financial year which has just started we are facing an unprecedented budget deficit of £33.6 million. This represents the gap between the funding available and what is needed to maintain services in their current form.
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