Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has published the ‘Implementation and Funding Plan’ for initiatives to tackle hospital waiting lists.
Fermanagh campaign group calls for urgent GP action
WITH the ongoing GP crisis in Fermanagh, and to a lesser extent across the North, expected to deepen in the months ahead, local campaigners have urged the Health Minister to provide urgent funding to prevent the collapse of yet more practices. Last week, chair of the British Medical Association, Dr Frances O’Hagan, warned the funding […]
Minister denies Fermanagh ambulance claims
Minister Nesbitt reaffirmed his commitment to the recommendations in the recent RQIA report on the SWAH.
Fermanagh patients ‘held to ransom’ over ambulances
It is estimated a much-needed extra ambulance in the Fermanagh area would cost in the region of £2 million per year.
Community support for SWAH campaign stronger than ever
Save Our Acute Services will be hosting representatives from all the main local political parties at Fermanagh House on May 1 at 8pm.
Some SWAH inpatients at hospital for over a year
The average stay for geriatric patients at the Enniskillen hosptial over the last year was 27.8 days.
Ambulance service apologises for Fermanagh delays
NIAS said wider pressures on the health system, particularly regarding EDs, was resulting in “prolonged turnaround times” in Fermanagh and beyond.
Health regulator pays tribute to Fermanagh campaigners
THE HEALTH regulator has spoken out in praise for the work of Fermanagh campaigners, Save Our Acute Services (SOAS). Speaking at a recent meeting of the Stormont Health Committee, chief executive of Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) Briege Donaghy, said she was in regular contact with SOAS members. Ms Donaghy had been asked about the disappointment felt […]
SOAS presents SWAH roadmap to the Department of Health
VOLUNTEERS from campaign group Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) travelled to Belfast again this week, this time to make the case for its plan to save SWAH services directly to the Department of Health. Back in January SOAS launched a comprehensive ‘roadmap’ plan on how to restore and protect services at the Enniskillen hospital, not least emergency general surgery […]
Fermanagh comes out in force to have say on SWAH
Fermanagh have come out in force to have their say on SWAH with 28,494 people signing the Consultation Hospital Network forms. Members from SOAS travelled to Belfast on Thursday (27 February 2025) to deliver the responses to the Department of Health. SOAS has gathered many thousands of signatures at various events and locations across the […]