LAKELAND Community Care has received a huge financial boost to give a ‘lifeline’ to vulnerable people most impacted by Covid-19. The health care provider has just received a £100,000 donation from Barclays 100×100 UK Covid-19 Community Relief Programme to deliver the ‘WEST Living Well Programme’. Throughout the pandemic, Lakeland Community Care has continued to provide […]
Increase in cases but virtually no patients in hospital
THE number of positive Covid cases in the local area has more than doubled in the past week, and with numbers creeping up everywhere, Fermanagh is waking up this morning to a fresh set of restrictions. As of 6pm last night (Tuesday) a new set of restrictions came into force which once again ban people […]
Schools respond quickly to pupils testing positive
TWO MORE SCHOOLS in the Fermanagh area have confirmed positive cases of Covid-19. St Kevin’s College, Lisnaskea, and Enniskillen Royal Grammar School alerted parents and guardians by issuing a statement which provided assurances that precautions were being taken. During the weekend, St Kevin’s principal Gary Kelly took to social media to inform parents that a […]
Urgent plea to help NHS in fight against Covid
FERMANAGH may still have a remarkably low Covid infection rate, but with numbers beginning to creep back up, the Western Trust has issued a passionate appeal to the public to “stay safe.” Even before the unprecedented difficulties created by the virus, the winter season had been becoming increasingly challenging for the local health service. In […]
Fears Covid focus may cost lives of cancer patients
CONCERN is growing that Fermanagh patients are missing out on crucial tests that could catch serious diseases before they become life-threatening, due to the Covid backlog. Over recent weeks a number of local GPs have told the Herald they are worried about the growing delays facing patients awaiting diagnostic tests and investigations, after many procedures […]
Anger at hospital carpark charges ‘kick in the teeth’
PEOPLE across Fermanagh have been left outraged following a decision made by the Department of Health (DoH) to restore car parking charges at SWAH. Jill Weir, pictured below, Health campaigner and Chairwown for the ‘Unison’ Fermanagh and Omagh branch told the Herald that she was “appalled” with such a decision, branding it a “kick in […]
NHS ‘will not cope’ with flu outbreak and second wave
AS MANY people as possible in Fermanagh are being urged to get this year’s flu vaccine, with fears the local health service will struggle to cope with the double whammy of a flu outbreak and a second wave of Covid this winter. In fact, the public have been warned evidence suggests that catching both the […]
‘After an hour it was like we were never away’
MONDAY marked an occasion that many of our young people and their families never thought would happen when lockdown was announced back in March. The unprecedented closure of schools right across Fermanagh left households in depths of fear and uncertainty as to what the future would hold. Despite this, over five months later it would […]
Irish school all set for the new normal
STAFF at the Irish language pre-school in LIsnaskea, Naiscoil An Traonaigh, have been working hard during lockdown to deliver a new programme for children aged two years and 10 months. While the closure of schools has proven to be a difficult and unprecedented task for local parents and their young people, staff at Fermanagh’s only […]