The Western Trust plans to implement a phased return to full visiting arrangements across all health care facilities in the months ahead.
Trust warns SWAH “under severe pressure” due to Covid
“We are currently considering if we need to step down some services and redirect staff for a period of time.”
Western Trust appeals to public to stop abusing staff
“There have been incidents where our staff have received verbal abuse and harassment.”
Continuing Covid pressure on health system
“Despite the easing of restrictions, Covid-19 continues to present huge challenges to the healthcare system.”
Trust stresses safety top priority as neonatal faces staffing strain
THE WESTERN Trust has once again moved to reassure the local public it is doing all it can to restore the neonatal service at SWAH, launching an international recruitment campaign and setting up a project board to tackle the issue. Speaking at a media briefing yesterday (Wednesday), Deirdre Mahon, director of women and children’s services at […]
Cautious optimism urged over Covid restrictions
THERE is “cautious optimism” regarding the future of Covid-19 in the community, but we all must still do all we can to limit the spread of the virus. That was the message from the Western Trust at the February meeting of is board of directors in which the current post-surge situation, where Covid patient numbers are […]
Trust warning neonatal situation is ‘going to get worse’ in coming months
THE CRISIS situation at the SWAH neonatal unit is only going to get worse in the coming months, according to the head of the Western Trust. As reported by the Herald in recent weeks, the number of beds at the SWAH’s neonatal unit was cut from six specialist cots to two before Christmas. This has meant the […]
Cautious optimism urged over Covid restrictions
“It’s in your own interest, it’s in the interest of your family, and in the interest of your work colleagues and community.”
Teens with mental health issues ‘cruelly’ left behind
“INEFFECTIVE, inconsistent and inadequate” are the words used by one Enniskillen mother to describe child mental health services across the Fermanagh area. The mother, who did not want to be identified told this paper that her 15-year-old child was transferred to the Western Trust’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) three years ago but […]