FERMANAGH patients are becoming increasingly frustrated at not being able to access their GPs as easily as before the pandemic, however one local doctor has claimed patients now have greater access than ever. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, GP surgeries have stopped all ‘walk in’ services in a bid to reduce footfall at surgeries. […]
Ageing health centre now ‘leaking like a sieve’
DESPITE the current centre “leaking like a sieve” and being “unfit for purpose”, a new health centre for Lisnaskea remains at least three years away. However, progress is being made on the project. The problems with the current Maple Health Centre in the town were raised again at Stormont this week, when local MLA Sean […]
Skea healthcentre moves closer as plans get green light
LISNASKEA Health Centre is one step closer to new beginnings after health officials gave the go-ahead for work to commence on relocating the Maple Healthcare centre to the old site of the Lisnaskea High School at the opposite end of the town. Local MLA, Sean Lynch welcomed the decision after liaising with the DoH (department […]
Contagion could result in alarming doctor shortage
IT IS ALREADY widely accepted that we have a chronic shortage of GPs in Fermanagh, but if the coronavirus spreads locally, the situation could get a lot worse. With healthcare workers on the frontline, if the virus spreads locally it is inevitable some staff will come in contact with Covid-19 patients. If that happens, those […]
Spread of virus now seems inevitable, warns local GP
IF AND when Covid-19 hits Fermanagh those in our community who are more vulnerable to the virus have been urged by local doctors to take special measures to protect themselves. Both Ederney GP Dr Brendan O’Hare, pictured below and Enniskillen GP Dr Johnny Guette, from Devenish Practice, have stressed that, at the time of going […]
New Roslea group highlights loss of community services
Nationalist and unionist councillors share common cause for Roslea
Doctor’s position in Belleek still unfilled
THE Rathmore Clinic in Belleek is still trying to recruit a much-needed new doctor at at time when rural practices across the North are struggling to fill doctors’ positions. The practice, which caters for around 4000 patients, is on the look-out for a new GP to join their team. The post has become available as […]
Call for vigilance after increase in meningitis deaths
A LOCAL GP has said he is “absolutely concerned” after the tragic deaths of three people from meningitis and septicaemia across Ireland in recent weeks. People on both sides of the border have been warned to be on high alert to the symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia, after the recent increase in meningococcal disease – […]
Current GP situation “unsustainable”
THERE have been renewed calls for health chiefs to meet with local representatives over ongoing issues of GP cover in the county, following the recent chaos in Lisnaskea. The town’s Maple Health Centre was already under pressure even before it saw its patient load significantly increase with GP retirements and the closure of other surgeries […]
Heart patient has 32-mile trip for doctor’s check-up
Roslea surgery closed in April 2017, and patients have since been transferred to Lisnaskea,