We need to see our cottage hospital services restored in Newton Stewart and Kirkcudbright and the return of maternity services to Stranraer.
I'll work with local campaigners, Finlay Carson MSP and our Councillors to ensure that the IJB and Health Board are in no doubt as to the strength of local feeling on this issue.
Local residents should be able to access good quality local facilities for step-down care and palliative care allowing them to be cared for closer to family and friends when it is medically suitable.
I also want to see NHS Dumfries & Galloway restore maternity services to Stranraer as soon as possible so that mothers in Wigtownshire can give birth whenever possible closer to home.