Care home

Families of Drumclay residents ‘in grief’ at closing


FAMILIES with relatives in the Drumclay Care Home in Enniskillen have expressed a type of “grief” as the facility closes its doors on Wednesday (March 31). Drumclay was the place since 2018 where, over 200 local elderly people who were discharged from the SWAH often following a fall or surgical procedure, were brought for care […]


Security threat prevents SWAH getting Covid-19 support


BRITISH military personnel will not be deployed to help at the SWAH due to security concerns.  Last week it was announced over 100 medically trained members of the military were to be brought in to the North to assist and support hospital staff in their continuing fight against Covid. The announcement was not been as […]


Almost half of patients waiting over a year for appoint


WAITING times for health appointments and procedures have grown since the start of the pandemic, but the Health Minister has warned patients should expect to wait even longer as the crisis drags on.  The stark reality of the impact Covid-19 has been having on our health service has been officially laid bare in the Department […]


Covid forces postponement of red flag cancer surgeries


The Western Trust has apologised for postponing all its red flag cancer surgery and treatments, as a result of the latest surge in the number of critically ill Covid patients. Geraldine McKay, director of acute services for the Western Trust said: “The Western Trust has taken the very difficult but necessary decision to postpone all […]