THE current GP Out of Hours services provided for the Western Health and Social Care Trust has been heavily criticised after figures showed many instances of no cover. During a meeting of the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council’s Policy and Resources Committee, one member remarked on the unacceptable playing of “roulette” in terms of patient […]
Expectant mothers welcome easing of restrictions
The Trust can only accommodate within a Covid secure environment, and some women have seen their partners denied access.
Leading a positive pathway out of the Covid pandemic
All statistics point to Fermanagh on the road to normality, but warning that we can’t relax.
Maternity restrictions to continue at SWAH
MATERNITY restrictions at SWAH will continue to be in place until further notice according to the Western Trust, despite urgent calls for the Department of Health (DoH) to review the situation. A spokesperson for the Trust told the Herald, “The Western Health and Social Care Trust is continuing to operate in accordance with Guidelines set […]
Surgeons travelling to SWAH to help reduce waiting times
A NEW initiative to bring down waiting times at SWAH has seen surgeons travelling from Altnagelvin to carry out operations at the Enniskillen Hospital. To read more on this story see this week’s Fermanagh Herald. Can’t get to the shop to collect your copy? No problem! You can download a copy straight to your device […]
Trust reaches 100,000th dose of Covid-19 vaccine
This has been delivered through the co-ordinated efforts of Western Trust staff who are working closely with multi-agency groups and volunteers.
‘Major challenges’ lie ahead as Trust begins to rebuild services
THE chief executive of the Western Trust has admitted that “major challenges” lie ahead in rebuilding local health services in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the latest virtual board meeting on Thursday, Dr Anne Kilgallen was pleased to report that the number of patients admitted with coronavirus had now reduced sufficiently to allow the […]
Families of Drumclay residents ‘in grief’ at closing
FAMILIES with relatives in the Drumclay Care Home in Enniskillen have expressed a type of “grief” as the facility closes its doors on Wednesday (March 31). Drumclay was the place since 2018 where, over 200 local elderly people who were discharged from the SWAH often following a fall or surgical procedure, were brought for care […]
Trust working to tackle serious MRI backlog
THE WESTERN Trust is working to tackle a serious backlog in diagnostic imaging appointments, which has built up since the scans were suspended during the first lockdown. As part of this, the Trust in the process of increasing its MRI capacity at SWAH to a seven day a week service, hiring two additional radiographers. However, […]
