Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A review is set to be held into cancer patients in Dumfries and Galloway receiving expenses for travelling more than 30 miles for hospital appointments.Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman has made a commitment to consider introducing a travel scheme in the region which would match a similar one in the Highlands and Islands.Currently, support for travel is discretionary and decided by the health board based on individual circumstances.South Scotland MSP Emma Harper asked Ms Freeman in the Scottish Parliament whether the Government would introduce the Patient Travel Scheme – which allows people to receive full, non-means tested reimbursement – in the.
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