ATTEMPTS are being made to ensure more “red-flag” cancer patients have surgery as early as next week, no matter where…
WESTERN TRUST
Phone First rolls out across Western Trust
A NEW ‘Phone First’ service is being rolled out to cover the Western Trust’s Altnagelvin and South West Acute Hospital’s…
Coronavirus: Visiting suspended at hospitals across North
HOSPITALS across the North of Ireland have suspended most visiting in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19. The…
Duffy: Everyone must help ease health service pressures
DERRY Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Sandra Duffy has said no one should be doing anything to add to the huge…
Mullan: Cancelled urgent cancer care deeply worrying
SINN Féin’s Karen Mullan has expressed her concern about the cancellation of urgent cancer surgery by the Western Trust and…
Durkan: Health staff ‘already on their knees’
SDLP Social Justice Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has responded to the Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) announcement that…
THE dedicated midwives at Altnagelvin Hospital were on hand yet again on New Year’s Day to help deliver new babies…
Swann welcomes approval of second Coronavirus vaccine
THE approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been welcomed by NI Health Minister Robin Swann. The vaccine will lead to…
Altnagelvin staff raise funds for Air Ambulance
STAFF from Altnagelvin Hospital joined efforts in fundraising for Air ambulance Northern Ireland. On 13 November, five socially distanced Coffee…
Western Trust director receives Coronavirus vaccine
A SENIOR member of the Western Trust has received the Coroanvirus vaccine to enable him to help with the roll-out…