The Trust has promised to update the local public on the future of SWAH surgery “at the earliest opportunity.”
Community urged to spread the word on SWAH meetings
Further meetings are planned ahead of a major public rally on December 2nd.
Search on for new chair of the Western Trust
There has been significant local criticism in recent times that there is no Fermanagh representation on the current Western Trust board.
Call for community action on threat to SWAH services
Everyone is being urged to spread the word on the threat to emergency surgery at the SWAH.
More SWAH meetings across Fermanagh this week
A meeting will be taking place in Enniskillen tonight (Monday), with another in Garrison on Thursday, and one in Newtownbutler on Friday.
Patients could go South if SWAH services removed
The Trust has also hit out at what they said were “negative” comments about the current situation at SWAH.
“SWAH’s a great place to work”
A DOCTOR who moved to Fermanagh a year ago has spoken of how happy he and his family are here, and is encouraging others to come to work at the SWAH. As recruitment issues persist at the Enniskillen hospital, with the Western Trust looking overseas for medical expertise, the Herald has spoken to one SWAH cardiologist who […]
‘Lives will be lost’ if SWAH service is cut
“RURAL lives matter.” That was the message from a meeting held at Fermanagh House last Thursday in response to the real and growing threat to emergency surgery services at the South West Acute Hospital. Organised at short notice after the Trust confirmed last week that poor staffing levels at the Enniskillen hospital meant the service […]
Cutting emergency surgery could harm entire community
CUTTING emergency surgery at the SWAH could not only have “a domino effect” on many other services at the hospital, but could also harm the entire Fermanagh community for years to come. That was yet another message from a meeting held at Fermanagh House last week, organised at the last minute in response to a […]
Consultants warn Trust ‘harm will come to patients’
THE WESTERN Trust has been warned by a concerned group of local consultants that women and babies could die here if the SWAH emergency surgery service is cut. In a jointly-signed letter seen and quoted on the front page of the Sunday Independent at the weekend, the group of obstetric and gynaecological consultants warned, “Harm will […]