The scheme will hopefully reduce the number of SWAH ED patients coming from local care homes.
Waits twice as long for some local patients
WITH patients currently facing long waits across the North’s health service, due to severe winter pressures, here in Fermanagh some patients are waiting twice as long as everyone else, due to the current situation at the SWAH. Since the withdrawal of emergency general surgery (EGS) from the Enniskillen hospital local patients assessed as requiring urgent surgery […]
One year on SWAH campaign ‘determined as ever’
“Everything we predicted would happen has happened, and worse – SOAS
SWAH under ‘severe pressure’ due to record patients
“We are operating at the highest levels of escalation in our hospitals and in our community services which support patient discharge.”
SWAH meeting at the Westville tomorrow night
The meeting on the future of SWAH services tomorrow night will mark one year since emergency general surgery (EGS) was removed from the SWAH.
English study shows inequity facing Fermanagh patients
A study in England on distances to GP services access has laid bare the disparity between NHS patients living on both sides of the Irish Sea.
Fermanagh GAA backs SWAH campaign
Fermanagh GAA has given its strong backing to the community campaign to restore emergency general surgery at the South West Acute Hospital.
Can yoga and meditation help change your DNA?
RECENTLY, I picked up on a few articles and studies on how yoga can change our DNA – for the better of course! A nice summary appeared on Fox News online and I have included it in this article as the findings are really exciting! Yoga has long been known to improve the quality of […]
Primary care in Fermanagh under enormous strain
GP services in the county continue to be a huge area of concern
Fermangh health workers to take to the picket lines
Local health workers will be striking at the South West Acute Hosptial on Thursday and Friday this week.