HEALTH campaigners are encouraging residents to attend a Department of Health meeting in Omagh this week, which is being promoted as ‘helping to shape the health future of the area for years to come’. The Department of Health recently announced that the deadline for its consultation, ‘Hospitals – Creating a Network for Better Outcomes’, has […]
SWAH staff speak out at Enniskillen rally
‘I feel it’s important for the whole people of Fermanagh to stand together. I think it’s important for our patients to know we want to do better.’
SWAH: Private companies paid tens of millions
The Western Trust could have hired 160 surgeons with what it paid to private companies to carry out orthopaedic surgery.
Rally for SWAH in Enniskillen tomorrow
THE PEOPLE of Fermanagh are being urged to wrap up this Thursday evening and come out to join the fight to save our services and support the staff at the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH). From Kesh to Kinawley, Pettigo to Newtown, the hard working volunteers from Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) have been busy in […]
Candle lit vigil set to mark two years without SWAH EGS
On Thursday November 14 at 7pm the people of Fermanagh are being asked to come out for a candle lit vigil in Enniskillen.
‘You might as well be talking to a Martian’
TRYING to talk to Belfast-based officials about the health crisis here, or other issues impacting Fermanagh, is like talking to someone from another planet, according to those lobbying for the return of services to the county. Pauline Corrigan from Florencecourt is one of the many hard-working volunteers from the Save Our Acute Services campaign group, […]
Fermanagh public urged to stand up for local services
The public is urged to respond to the public consultation on the draft Programme for Government, which closes on Monday.
Fermanagh health info requests deemed ‘vexatious’
The Department of Health has deemed Freedom of Information requests on the SWAH situation to be “vexatious.”
Programme for Government event in Enniskillen tonight
SOAS has urged the Fermanagh public to attend the Fermanagh House event to have their say on the future of healthcare.
Hospital plan could see SWAH lose acute status
Despite repeated assurances the Enniskillen hospital would retain its acute status, it has now been proposed to reclass it as a general hospital.