“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.”
Doubts of Rural Needs Act compliance
DOUBTS have been raised as to whether or not the Western Trust’s changes to services offered by the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) comply with the Rural Needs Act. The Act was passed into legislation in 2016 in which a provision for rural proofing was put in place. Rural proofing is a measure to scrutinise […]
SWAH campaign meeting in Irvinestown tonight
“We’re now much more than a campaign, we’re a community.”
Patients dispute Trust claims
LOCAL patients have been contesting claims by the Western Trust that it is not its normal practice to ask Fermanagh patients to make their own way to Altnagelvin for surgery. Since the suspension of the emergency general surgery service at the SWAH in December, local patients requiring unplanned surgery now have to be treated in […]
Campaign for ‘New SWAH’ heats up
THE CAMPAIGN for a ‘new SWAH’ has hit the ground running in Fermanagh this past week, with tens of thousands across the county signing up for the plan in just a handful of days. The Save Our Acute Services group launched its new vision for the SWAH at Fermanagh House last Thursday, which included a five-point plan […]