FERMANAGH’S leading employers are taking their fight to save local hospital services directly to Stormont next week, warning that without proper healthcare provision the county’s economy, workforce and future growth are at risk. Business leaders from across the county – representing thousands of workers – will travel to Stormont on Monday to demand the protection […]
Advice service helping Fermanagh people with cancer
COMMUNITY Advice Fermanagh works closely with organisations in the local community including from local Cancer charities. Based in Enniskillen, the organisation offers free, confidential, and impartial advice across a wide range of areas, including debt, housing, employment, and consumer issues. They also carry out Benefit Entitlement Checks and assist with completing forms, ensuring people receive the […]
Financial advice for Fermanagh cancer patients
FOUNDER of SWELL, an Enniskillen-based charity that supports cancer sufferers and their families, has spoken openly about the financial strain that can follow a cancer diagnosis. Genevieve Irvine also highlighted how critical illness insurance helped protect her family during the most difficult time of her life. Genevieve was diagnosed in 2015 with a rare form of […]
Fermanagh patients facing end-of-life in poverty
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ONE-in-five Fermanagh patients are being forced to spend their last months of life worrying about money, shocking new figures have shown.
FOI reveals £40k cost of SWAH surgery consultation
The conslutation on the future of emergency general surgery at the Enniskillen hospital was paused then eventually closed in October due to ‘flaws’.
Over 2,000 attacks on Western Trust staff in a year
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Health staff in the Western Trust area were were physically assaulted 1,769 times and verbally abused 390 times in the last year.
Fermanagh community urged to ‘keep fighting’ for SWAH
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“Keep on shining the light, Fermanagh. Keep fighting the good fight. Time matters.”
SOAS hosts public meeting on SWAH in Enniskillen
Hundreds have turned out for the first meeting of 2026 by the Fermanagh group, which comes off the back of a busy year for the community campaign.
Fermanagh couple help shape disability care in Asia
A LOCAL couple from Lisnarick have been celebrating three decades transforming the lives of people with spinal cord injuries and other disabilities in Asia. Stephen and Maggie Muldoon have spent 30 years volunteering at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1979 by British physiotherapist Valerie Taylor, the CRP […]
SOAS vows renewed campaign for services in 2026
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HOSPITAL campaign group Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) has said ‘2026 must be a year for delivery’ for the restoration of vital services in the local health service. Following a busy and eventful year, the ever-growing campaign group plans to kick the new year off with a public meeting in the coming weeks. Speaking to the ‘Herald, […]