Patients face three-hour journey to pain relief clinic


PEOPLE in Fermanagh who require pain management or a chronic pain service are being forced to travel to Omagh or Derry to be seen by a consultant. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request carried out by Enniskillen woman Helen Hamill explains that the Western Trust is currently not providing a chronic pain service at South […]

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Health chief’s starkest warning yet on future of SWAH


IN THE clearest indication yet that services at South West Acute Hospital may need to be cut the second most senior executive of the Western Trust has warned that the hospital faces difficulties in ‘maintaining current services on a stable footing’. In an unusually forthright statement on the future of SWAH, deputy chief executive Kieran […]

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SWAH to get extra funds for innovative heart programme


  ASSURANCES have been given that Enniskillen’s South West Acute Hospital will get its fair share of funding for a new preventative cardiology programme according to Dr Susan Connolly, Consultant Cardiologist based at SWAH. “You can be sure that the people in Fermanagh will get as much of this service as they need. The activity […]

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SWAH initiative targets high rate of heart attacks


ENNISKILLEN’S South West Acute Hospital will be one of three sites across the Trust responsible for the delivery of this preventative programme.  The aim of the initiative is to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.  The ten week programme will focus on healthy lifestyle changes like; quitting smoking, maintaining a healthy diet and […]

£27m bill for hospital locums doubled in just two years


AMID growing fears over the future of services at South West Acute Hospital, it has been revealed that the Western Trust is spending £27 million per year on locum staff, amounting to over £2 million per month.  The Western Trust is relying on the use of temporary doctors, health professionals, nurses and admin staff costing […]

Radical Rethink on SWAH Future?


WHILE the future of gynaecology services within the South West Acute Hospital appears to be secure for now, fresh fears have been raised about the overall retention of acute services in Enniskillen. Western Trust Chief Executive, Dr Anne Kilgallen met with a range of community groups and public representatives at the hospital on Friday where […]