Tuesday is D-Day for the future of four of Dumfries and Galloway’s cottage hospitals.
The results of a consultation into the future of facilities in Newton Stewart, Thornhill, Moffat and Kirkcudbright are set to be discussed at an extraordinary meeting of the region’s Integration Joint Board.
Six options were drawn up for the sites, which were mothballed in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic.
Proposals which went out for consultation included closing the site, continuing with the mothballing or creating community health and social care hubs.
However, during the consultation, another suggestion appeared to find favour – that the hospitals are re-opened with a small number of beds as well as some community services.
The results of the consultation and the way forward will be discussed by the Integration Joint Board on Monday, October 29.