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 […]
Western Trust announces SWAH consultation event details
All events will be ticket only, so make sure to get booked!
Smokers urged to ‘make 2023 your year to quit’
FERMANAGH’S smokers wishing to trash the ash for the new year can do so with the return of anti-smoking clinics. The Western Trust’s Smoking Cessation Service (SCS) are getting the clinics back on the road to help people stub out their final cigarette. Under the slogan of “Make 2023 Your Year To Quit”, the specialist […]
Review is hampering efforts to save SWAH surgery
DESPITE previously denying they played a direct role in the collapse of SWAH emergency general surgery, the Western Trust has now confirmed the Department’s of Health’s new surgery standards are making it extremely difficult to save and sustain the life-saving service in Enniskillen. As reported by the Herald back in November, the Review of General […]