£13m deficit could see Ulsterbus pulling routes in rural Fermanagh.
‘We can’t let Brexit bring us back to the bad old days’
The vigil was held in Fermanagh as borders across Europe were re-opened as a result of the then EC.
Big crowd make concerns clear to health officials
Public consultation meeting on future of medical imaging was held at Fermanagh House on Monday night.
Remembering the “Countess of the Erne”
Mr Osborne’s talk take place at 2.15pm on Saturday, March 3, as part of the Lough Erne Heritage 2018 programme of even
Calls for suicide drop-in centre surge in wake of trage
A PETITION set up last year calling for a 24/7 suicide drop-in centre for Fermanagh has received thousands new signatures in the past two weeks, in the wake of a number of tragic deaths in the county over Christmas and New Year. The petition, which can be found at change.org, was set up by Enniskillen […]
Second public meeting for medical imaging services
FOLLOWING public pressure here in Fermanagh, the Department of Health has organised a second public meeting on the future of medical imaging services at SWAH and have extended the consultation deadline. A public meeting was held in into a region-wide review into modernising medical imaging services such as X-ray and MRI scanning at Enniskillen Townhall […]
JFK was a Fermanagh man!
THE PEOPLE of Knockninny and Kinawley recently learned of their close connection to one of the most famous political figures of all time, 35th president of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. While much is known about the Kennedy and Fitzgerald connections here in Ireland, much less is known about JFK’s Cox connection. Until now, […]
‘No show’ patients costs SWAH over £3 million
MORE than 18,000 people failed to show up for appointments at SWAH clinics between January and October in 2017 alone, costing the hospital over £3 million. Non-attendance at appointments, or people cancelling on the day of their appointment, at consultant-led clinics is a massive problem at the hospital. A total of 18,204 patients did not […]
Have fun fighting the monster bush that’s invaded Fermanagh
Introduced to the estate in the 1860s, the exotic plant is now a major problem at Crom.
A busy New Year at the A&E as patient numbers soar
IT WAS a busy start to 2018 at the Emergency Department of the South West Acute Hospital which, like all hospitals across the North, was inundated during the holiday period. On December 30 the Western Trust issued a notice on their social media accounts stating there were high numbers of patients attending both the SWAH […]