Fermanagh patients requiring interventional radiology have had to travel to Derry in recent months.
Claims Trust ‘discounted’ SWAH consultation responses
The Trust did not count over 30,000 submissions from the people of Fermanagh, stating they were not responses to the consultation.
Urgent call for SWAH to be put into special measures
The call comes after a group of former SWAH doctors expressed concern ‘toxic’ management at the hospital was risking patient safety.
FOI shows Trust knew risks of removing SWAH surgery
The document shows it was suggested to use the new overnight elective care centre at the SWAH as a way of mitigating negative media coverage.
SWAH crisis ‘biggest election issue ever’
THE threat to services at the South West Acute Hospital is the biggest local election issue ever for voters in Fermanagh. That’s the assessment of campaign group Save Our Acute Services (SOAS), backed up by reports from local candidates from their experiences on the door steps as the electioneering for the May 18th Council election gets […]
‘Fermanagh has awakened’ – Fr Brian
“WE as a people in Fermanagh have woken up to the fact we are not being treated fairly, we’re not being treated with respect. In fact, we’re not being treated at all.” Those were the words of Fr Brian D’Arcy this week, as the consultation on the future of emergency general surgery at the SWAH […]
‘Yes we can!’ – Fermanagh has its say on SWAH
A SIGNIFICANT proportion of the population of Fermanagh has now added its voice to the campaign to save services at the South West Acute Hospital. With the Western Trust consultation on the future of emergency general surgery at the Enniskillen hospital coming to an end this week – on April 10th – in recent weeks the dedicated […]
‘Fermanagh has awakened’ – Fr Brian on SWAH
“What we have now discovered is that underneath that acceptance there is an anger that we are being treated as second class.”
SWAH campaign meeting in Irvinestown tonight
“We’re now much more than a campaign, we’re a community.”
Patients dispute Trust claims
LOCAL patients have been contesting claims by the Western Trust that it is not its normal practice to ask Fermanagh patients to make their own way to Altnagelvin for surgery. Since the suspension of the emergency general surgery service at the SWAH in December, local patients requiring unplanned surgery now have to be treated in […]