Local health workers will be striking at the South West Acute Hosptial on Thursday and Friday this week.
NI healthcare workers deserve same pay offer as England
A CALL has been made for healthcare workers in Fermanagh and the North to receive the same pay increase offer as those in England. Health unions in England have gone back to their members to vote upon a five per cent pay increase offered to them by the Department of Health following a period of […]
Nurses fight for pay rise in line with inflation
FERMANAGH’S nurses continued their strike action last Thursday to demand for better pay and working conditions. The one-day dispute took place across the county and the rest of the North with nursing staff protesting for a wage. A pay rise had been offered but unions insist the offer was effectively a pay cut as it […]
Nurses to strike for more pay before Christmas
When the strikes take place, they will affect non-urgent but not emergency care.
Public urged to stay alert to threats to SWAH services
The consultation on the future of emergency care closes on Friday.
SWAH stroke unit saved after six year battle
Following huge local pressure, the review that could have seen the award-winning unit closed has been abandoned, at least for the time being.
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 […]
Health unions threatening to strike after pay rise ‘insult’
HEALTH workers in Fermanagh have described a proposal that would give NHS workers a pay rise of just one percent as an “insult.” With unions now threatening strike action after voicing their “disgust” at the plan, fears have emerged that the proposal could lead to local workers quitting their jobs which would add further pressure to staffing levels at […]
Health workers concerned over Covid vaccine changes
“These are staff who have worked throughout this pandemic.”
Anger at hospital carpark charges ‘kick in the teeth’
PEOPLE across Fermanagh have been left outraged following a decision made by the Department of Health (DoH) to restore car parking charges at SWAH. Jill Weir, pictured below, Health campaigner and Chairwown for the ‘Unison’ Fermanagh and Omagh branch told the Herald that she was “appalled” with such a decision, branding it a “kick in […]