THE Western Trust has confirmed it has now taken out a 12 month lease of Drumclay Nursing Home in Enniskillen, with the home reopening again in the near future. Deputy chief executive of the Western Trust Kieran Downey has previously told the Herald the takeover of the lease of Drumclay was being considered to ease […]
Enniskillen has the shortest ambulance waiting times
AMBULANCE waiting times in the North have almost doubled in five years, however, Enniskillen patients who were not immediately life-threatening faced the shortest wait. The shortest average time for category B patients (serious but not immediately life-threatening) – just over 11 minutes – was in BT74, in Enniskillen in 2018. Similar patients from the Ards […]
New plans to reopen nursing home to free up SW hospital
DRUMCLAY Nursing Home could be reopened in the near future, with the Western Trust considering taking over the shut-down home, the Herald can reveal. Currently a third of all patients at SWAH each week are over the age of 85, while over half are over the age of 70. Deputy chief executive of the Western […]
‘New momentum’ in campaign to restore Roslea GP surgery
ROSLEA patients have called for an enquiry into why the village GP surgery was closed almost two years ago. Speaking following a well-attended and heated Pathfinder meeting, held by the Western Trust in Roslea last week, local activist John McCluskey said the campaign for a new surgery in the area had taken on “a new […]
Western Trust in recruitment drive for support workers
THE Western Trust is holding a recruitment drive for caterers, cleaners and laundry workers. A number of events have been organised across the Trust and the vacancies are within support services, a very service area that is responsible for catering, cleaning and laundry. Six recruitment days have been arranged to provide an opportunity to those […]
Majority of women smear test recalls in western area
A TOTAL of 61 women from the Western Trust area have been asked to re-take a smear test following a review of a number of tests done between April 2018 and June 2018. As a result of the review, a total of 86 women have been asked to arrange repeat smear tests with their GP – […]
‘You’re talking s**t’, senior health official tells man
THE Deputy Chief Executive of the Western Trust has been forced to apologise after an outburst by a staff member at a Pathfinder public meeting. On Thursday evening, a poorly attended public meeting was held in Fermanagh House, Enniskillen to discuss the ‘future of health and social care services’ in Fermanagh. During the meeting, it […]