A LOCAL pensioner has revealed the heartbreaking impact staff shortages and service cuts are having on older patients here in Fermanagh. The Western Trust has apologised this week, via the Herald, to local patients after it emerged the Parkinson’s Clinics at the SWAH were currently not operating. Stating this was due to capacity exceeding demand, coupled […]
High risk of no GP cover in Fermanagh
AS the GP crisis persists across the local area, patients at a number of rural practices can expect further disruption in the weeks ahead. Over recent years the Western Trust has taken over a number of local practices after the GPs handed back their contracts, including in Brookeborough and Tempo, and Trillick and Dromore. The […]
Unwell Enniskillen mother flown from Croatia to Belfast
“At least she’s at home and being well looked after.”
Fermanagh woman ‘in limbo’ after Dr Watt’s suspension
The grandmother is one of 137 patients within the Western Trust area recalled as part of a review into the work of the neurology consultant.
Family desperate to raise money for sick daughter
PARENTS of toddler, Nadezda Laporionok have renewed their appeal for help from the public as their child continues to battle a rare form of cancer. Nadezda’s father and Manor House chef, Aleksandr Laporionok, and mother Olesia is desperately trying to raise money in order to take their daughter to Israel, to a specialised clinic. The […]
Woman critically injured by cow on Devenish Island
Family had been visiting the island on a private cruiser
‘Above and beyond’ in the care of their son
Through their grief one local family has reached out to thank the medical professionals ‘who went the extra mile’ in the care of their late son.