“You have people who are now passionate about this – that it is wrong, that it is not what should be happening, and they will not have it.”
‘What does Belfast have that Fermanagh doesn’t have?’
“We’re known for our friendliness, we’re laid back, and it’s quiet, but you’ve still got all the utilities that you want.”
SWAH ED ‘extremely busy’ and hospital beyond capacity
A spokesman said the hospitals remained “extremely busy this Wednesday afternoon after another busy bank holiday period.”
‘Fermanagh has awakened’ – Fr Brian on SWAH
“What we have now discovered is that underneath that acceptance there is an anger that we are being treated as second class.”
SWAH campaign meeting in Irvinestown tonight
“We’re now much more than a campaign, we’re a community.”
Patients dispute Trust claims
LOCAL patients have been contesting claims by the Western Trust that it is not its normal practice to ask Fermanagh patients to make their own way to Altnagelvin for surgery. Since the suspension of the emergency general surgery service at the SWAH in December, local patients requiring unplanned surgery now have to be treated in […]
Campaign for ‘New SWAH’ heats up
THE CAMPAIGN for a ‘new SWAH’ has hit the ground running in Fermanagh this past week, with tens of thousands across the county signing up for the plan in just a handful of days. The Save Our Acute Services group launched its new vision for the SWAH at Fermanagh House last Thursday, which included a five-point plan […]
Drive to get mass letter sent to Department of Health
A LETTER intended to be circulated amongst the public in order to send a resounding message to the Department of Health (DoH) has been brought out by the Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) group. Launched at the group’s public meeting at Fermanagh House this week, SOAS hope to have 10,000 copies signed and sent to […]
Call to ditch Western Trust for a new one
THERE have been renewed calls to replace the Western Trust with a new one that is focused on Fermanagh. Robert Patton, speaking at a Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) meeting at Fermanagh House earlier this week made the proposal to a packed audience as part of the group’s five-point plan for the South West Acute […]
Trust say Trillick and Dromore GP services ‘stabilised’
THE Western Health Trust will likely continue to run the Dromore and Trillick GP service for the foreseeable future, it has confirmed. The Trust stepped in to take over the running of the practice last July after its resident GP resigned. The takeover was unprecedented, as the Trust does not normally have responsibility for the […]