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 […]
Our community loves our local acute hospital
THE PEOPLE of Fermanagh care deeply about our local hospital and our health service, and will do all they can to protect it. That is the message from local Cllr John Coyle, who was speaking to the Herald as part of our ‘South West Acute Hospital is a great place to work’ series. Cllr Coyle, […]
Trust refuses FOI SWAH patient/staff concern request
THE WESTERN Trust has refused to release information regarding staff and patients’ concerns at the South West Acute Hospital. A representative from the Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) campaign group – which has been working with local staff and patients regarding the issues and worries they had experienced since the suspension of emergency and urgent […]
Council united in demand for a public inquiry into SWAH
“We need the Permanent Secretary to step up and call for a full public inquiry into the Western Trust’s mismanagement.”
Momentum keeps building behind SWAH campaign
“You have people who are now passionate about this – that it is wrong, that it is not what should be happening, and they will not have it.”
‘What does Belfast have that Fermanagh doesn’t have?’
“We’re known for our friendliness, we’re laid back, and it’s quiet, but you’ve still got all the utilities that you want.”
SWAH ED ‘extremely busy’ and hospital beyond capacity
A spokesman said the hospitals remained “extremely busy this Wednesday afternoon after another busy bank holiday period.”
‘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.”