THE local health service is hemorrhaging experienced professional staff, who are hopping across the border where they are getting “significantly” better pay for doing the same jobs. The Western Trust has warned of a “challenging” situation in retaining Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) in the local service, with over 40 staff leaving the area to go south over the […]
Staff recruitment boost for SWAH neonatal unit
New staff have been speaking out about the joy of working at SWAH.
Staffing issues blamed for long waiting times at SWAH
THERE have been calls for staffing issues at SWAH to be addressed urgently after another weekend of long waits at the SWAH Emergency Department (ED). In recent weeks the Western Trust have issued a number of appeals to the public asking people to only attend the Department if the case of a medical or mental […]
Lakeland Community Care staff step it up
OVER the past three weeks, the office staff at Lakeland Community Care have been taking part in an audacious step challenge to raise funds to provide the isolated elderly community with additional resources as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Steven McGurn is one of the staff members who are taking part in this fundraising initiative and he believes […]