“The essential co-operation of patients, and their families and carers on discharge, will help free up beds during this extremely challenging time.”
Small changes help get Jackie back into gear
SMALL changes can make a big difference according to one inspirational woman who has lost over five stone since the start of the Covid pandemic. While constant challenges and disruptions to daily routines caused many of us to gain weight over the course of lockdown, Jackie Rooney from Brookeborough instead spent her time wisely in […]
Stats confirm GP numbers in Fermanagh are plummeting
The local area has lost 30 percent of its GPs in recent years.
Calls for enquiry as health waiting lists grow again
WITH doctors warning that pressure on GP services and emergency departments is being exacerbated by the number of patients languishing on ever growing waiting lists, the latest statistics from the Department of Health make grim reading. There are currently tens of thousands of local patients waiting either out patient or in patient treatment, and the […]
GPs may never return to full face-to-face service – BMA
“We’ve never worked so hard yet still find ourselves in a position of needing to defend ourselves.”
Anti-abortion posters causing pain to grieving mothers
The posters have been put up outside the entrance to SWAH and outside a local school.
Brexit has killed cross-border health scheme
IT HAS emerged the successful cross-border health initiative that helped many local patients get long-awaited treatment in the South has fallen victim to Brexit. As the consequences of the UK’s exit from the EU continue to become clear, it has emerged the initiative which allowed patients from the North to travel to the South and […]
GP campaign group explore legal options
Campaigners have said the fight to have the GP service returned had “taken a positive step recently.”
Fermanagh is still holding steady on the Covid front
Up until the beginning of this week there had only been four cases in Feramnagh in a fortnight, although there has been a slight increase this week.
Fresh concerns over AstraZeneca roll-out
GPs and pharmacies across Fermanagh have been supplied with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for roll-out in the community.