Motorists are being urged to find an alternative route into Enniskillen following the collision between the SWAH and Trory.
Dressing up for charity
ST MACARTIN’S hall will be the place to be next month for those wanting to snap up a bargain dress and do their bit for charity. A dress sale for stillbirth and neonatal death charity, SANDS, is being organised by the Enniskillen Ladies Circle on October 7 between 10am to 3.30pm. Carol Moore, 32, from […]
Concerns over ‘finality’ of SWAH consultation
THERE is concern over the apparent finality of the consultation on the removal of emergency general surgery (EGS) from the SWAH, after it emerged the Western Trust now deemed the process to be completed. A Freedom of Information disclosure to local campaign group Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) has revealed Trust chief executive, Neil Guckian, wrote […]
SWAH shop hours leave in-patients stranded
THE opening hours of the convenience shop at the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) has caused a storm on social media. A thread on the popular Enniskillen Banter Facebook page highlighted the fact that the shop is closed at the weekends to the annoyance of in-patients and visitors. “Having the misfortune of having a stay in […]
SWAH surgery situation raised in House of Lords
THE FIGHT to save SWAH surgery has been taken to the halls of Westminster. Last week Lord Brookeborough, who is a hereditary peer, raised the issue at the House of Lords, after having already written to MPs in the Commons urging them “to provide as much help and influence” as they can in helping restore […]
Fermangh health workers to take to the picket lines
Local health workers will be striking at the South West Acute Hosptial on Thursday and Friday this week.
Thousands of patients make their own way to Altnagelvin
Between December and July 1,381 patients from the Fermanagh area arrived at Altnagelvin as ‘walk-ins’
No risk assessment on SWAH surgery withdrawal
The Trust did not assess the risk of withdrawing emergency general surgery from the SWAH.
Almost 1,000 patients submitted complaints to the Trust
ALMOST 1,000 patients submitted formal complaints to the Western Trust in the past year, according to the latest figures from the Department of Health. While this was one of the lowest number of complaints received by any Trust in the North, with only the Northern Trust receiving less, it is a significant increase on the […]
Incident at the SWAH
BOTH a fire service crew and an ambulance unit were called to the emergency department at the SWAH earlier today. They attended the scene around 3.30pm this afternoon. The incident was a minor one and was being dealt with by hospital staff.