THE PUBLIC have been urged to be vigilant against any potential cuts to the local health service as it emerges out of the Covid surge. In recent weeks both the Department of Health and the Western Trust have announced their plans for resetting and rebuilding services. Jill Weir, who is a health campaigner and chairwoman […]
Hopes Covid NHS staff will stay local
Many student nurses and doctors finished their training early to work on the frontline of the Covid pandemic.
Care homes still caught in surge, says health chief
“The roll out of full testing is a policy priority for residents and staff across all care homes.”
Pandemic forces rethink in cuts to health service
Trust boss says financial ‘recovery’ plan must be put on hold
Patients returning to SWAH as Covid infection rate fall
AS THE Covid infection rate continues to fall locally and the Western Trust continue to restore their services, it has been revealed that the Emergency Department at SWAH is now as busy as it was before the outbreak. At a virtual press briefing last Friday, during which Trust boss Dr Anne Killgallen paid a passionate […]
SWAH says farewell to long serving midwife
AFTER 36 years delivering countless local babies, some of whom may now even be reading this article, midwife Rosemary Lynch is preparing to say a fond farewell to her colleagues at SWAH. Having started out at the Tyrone County Hospital at 21-years-old, Rosemary has been caring for local babies and mothers here in Fermanagh […]
Local woman’s crusade for better mental health services
“I understand Covid is a nightmare and it’s a very, very serious illness but so is mental health.”
SWAH children’s ward to reopen on Monday
Two months after it was closed due to the Covid crisis, the children’s ward at SWAH is to be reopened.
‘Never give up hope,’ says 89-year-old Covid survivor
After 15 days in hospital Ernie is now safely back with his family
