HEALTHCARE workers who are ‘tired and dealing with a lot’ have been praised for their huge efforts of working through the second wave of the pandemic. Hospitals across the Western Trust have been experiencing high levels of Covid19 admissions and hundreds of staff members are off work due to illness or self isolation. Last Friday, […]
Concern over access to mental health help
THE WESTERN Trust has said mental health services have been open and available to everyone who needs them throughout the pandemic, although some have questioned this claim. In a letter to the local Council, responding to concerns previously raised about local mental health provision in recent months, Trust chief executive Dr Anne Kilgallen said the […]
Stay safe to help our hospital this Halloween
“Stay safe and do all you can to prevent unnecessary admissions to our hospitals.”
Hundreds of hospital staff off work as pressure mounts
Fears for local NHS as self-isolation puts many workers out of action
Up to 75% of ‘normal’ SWAH appointments not going ahead
“This is an extremely challenging position for us across all sites and in terms of how we do our business.”
Urgent plea to help NHS in fight against Covid
FERMANAGH may still have a remarkably low Covid infection rate, but with numbers beginning to creep back up, the Western Trust has issued a passionate appeal to the public to “stay safe.” Even before the unprecedented difficulties created by the virus, the winter season had been becoming increasingly challenging for the local health service. In […]
Nurse urges colleagues to redeploy to nursing homes
“I’ve never worked in a nursing home but I’ve adapted well with the help of the staff and management in Millcroft Nursing Home.”
Visitors allowed back to SWAH
Patients will be restriced to two named visitors, and only one will be allowed to visit at a time.
Radical health plan could restrict public use of A&E
AS the health service ‘resets’ following the peak of the Covid crisis locally, it has been proposed that A&E access should be limited to ambulances only in future. Last week the Western Trust revealed the Emergency Department (ED) at SWAH had been becoming steadily busier in recent times and demand for the service had returned […]