This is the last public consultation event taking place in Fermanagh.
Daisy Hill provides potential glimpse into SWAH future
“Our concern is this elective hub has been used as a Trojan horse to take away emergency general surgery.”
GALLERY: Lisnaskea has its say on SWAH surgery
Further meetings are taking place in Fintona and Irvinestown this week, and the public are being reminded they must register in advance.
WATCH: SWAH consultation meeting underway in Lisnaskea
The second in a series of seven public consultation events on the future of emergency general surgery is underway at the Castle Park Centre.
SWAH surgery meetings continue in Lisnaskea tonight
Tonight’s event takes place at the Castle Park Centre in Lisnaskea at 6.30pm.
Community meeting ahead of Trust SWAH consultation
The Save Our Acute Services group will be holding its own public meeting ahead of the Western Trust’s consultation events in Fermanagh this week.
SWAH consultation events kick off tonight
There will be public events in Enniskillen, Lisnaskea, Irvinestown and Belcoo over the coming week.
SWAH ‘consolation prize’ blasted as ‘disgraceful’
THE new elective surgery unit for overnight patients at the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) has been blasted as a “disgraceful consolation prize”. Announced by the Western Trust, the new unit has its first patients this week in a move to help the Health Service in the North reduce waiting lists for surgical procedures. However, […]
Emergency surgery return for SWAH is some way off
THE South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) has announced the first overnight procedures of its elective surgery unit but the Western Trust admit that the return of emergency surgery is still some way off. An announcement by the Department of Health last year stated that the SWAH would become a regional overnight elective stay centre for […]