Locals have concerns about Maple Healthcare practice
Fermanagh Covid rate skyrockets
In the seven days leading up to Monday this week there were 636 cases of Covid in Fermanagh postcode areas.
Fermanagh people reporting false Covid test results
Those who have felt unwell and displayed the symptoms of Covid-19 followed government advice to carry out a lateral flow test at home.
Urgent public appeal over hospital discharges
“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 […]