Emergency Departments

MLA for Foyle Mark Durkan. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Mark Durkan welcomes plans to improve the safety of Newmarket Street

Never leave children unattended in or near the water.

Play safe to help avoid preventable accidents urges Trust

Derry GP Dr Tom Black.

Violence against healthcare staff

Mark Durkan

Durkan asks for breakdown of 1,032 excess deaths due to long waits in EDs

Altnagelvin and Francis McWilliams.

‘No Dignity’ - Clady man describes conditions in Derry's Altnagelvin A&E

Altnagelvin Hospital. (File picture)

Face masks back amid virus surge

A Western Trust Consultant in Emergency Care and Medicine has appealed for people to be safe this Hallowe’en with hospitals under severe pressure at this time.

Be safe this Hallowe’en to help under pressure hospital, says Altnagelvin doctor

Altnagelvin Hospital.

One in four waiting longer than 12 hours at Derry A&E

A senior A&E in Derry has urged parents and children of all ages to play safe this summer to avoid preventable attendances to local Emergency Departments.

A&E doctor Sandy Nelson urges parents and children to play safe this summer

Dr Tom Black.

Ask not what the NHS can do for you...

The corridor seating where the woman said they were told her 80-year-old father could sleep.

Woman’s shock during Derry A&E visit

Patients have been advised to assume any scheduled appointments in the Western Trust have been cancelled tomorrow unless contacted otherwise.

WHSCT patients advised to assume appointments cancelled

The Department of Health has apologised to patients facing long waits for treatment as the health and social care system continues to experience severe pressure on services.

DoH apologises to patients facing long waits amid severe winter pressure

Altnagelvin Hospital.

Altnagelvin Hospital 'under severe pressure'

Altnagelvin Hospital.

Be safe this Halloween to help hospitals

Members of the Western Trust Hospital Discharge Team recently hosted a series of public engagements across its hospital sites. The events were to give relatives the opportunity to ask questions around the safe and timely discharge of their loved ones in hospital. Pictured are members of the Hospital Discharge Team at Waterside Hospital, who were on hand to answer any queries relatives may have.

Derry public reminded of importance of timely discharge from hospital
The Western Health and Social Care Trust (Western Trust) once again appeals to the relatives and carers of patients in hospital to work with them to ensure a safe and timely discharge from hospital.
Staff Reporter

Foyle SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

OPINION: Paying the price for poor mental health

Altnagelvin A&E

93 in ‘extremely busy’ Altnagelvin A&E after Easter Bank Holiday

Altnagelvin

79 in Altnagelvin A&E after ‘very busy’ weekend

GP Out of Hours Patient’s entrance at Altnagelvin Hospital. (File picture) DER2126GS - 139

Emergency measures at Western & other NI Trusts confirmed as pressures soar

Altnagelvin Hospital A&E Consultant Mr. Paul Baylis. Picture Martin McKeown. 22.12.20

Parents urged to be 'extra vigilant' this Halloween

Western Trust asking patients not to remain in hospital longer than necessary

Ciara McElhinney and Bronagh Cooper, Social Prescribers at Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum, pictured with Julie Witherow (centre) who has received support through SPRING Social Prescribing. This project has received an additional £1.5 million of funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to expand, support the wellbeing of more people and further embed Social Prescribing as the norm for health professionals and policy makers in Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum’s SPRING receives £1.5 million funding

Emergency Department Consultant Darren Lillis.

Call to help with early discharge as pressure mounts on Derry & Enniskillen Emer...

Altnagelvin Hospital. DER2126GS - 140

Urgent appeal to nurses and support staff to help at Derry A&E tonight

The new wing and entrance to Altnagelvin Hospital. DER2126GS - 135

Dozens waiting for admission at Altnagelvin A&E in Derry

Christian was the first patient to attend the newly opened Sensory Room to support Adult Learning Disability patients in the Emergency Department at Altnagelvin Hospital.

First adult sensory room in NI opens at Altnagelvin Emergency Department in Derr...
The Western Trust has opened the very first Sensory Room in Northern Ireland to support Adult Learning Disability patients in the Emergency Department at Altnagelvin Hospital.
Brendan McDaid

Altnagelvin Hospital

Derry A&E extremely busy with 95 in emergency department and another 40 waiting ...

L-R Dr Brendan Lavery, Clinical Lead for Emergency Department; Noella Madden, Altnagelvin ED Manager; Dr Anne Kilgallen, Western Trust Chief Executive and Geraldine McKay, Director of Acute Services for the Western Trust.

Altnagelvin Emergency Department extension opens with new 50 seat waiting area

New 'Phone First' A&E triage system to be launched.

New 'Phone First' triage system for prospective Altnagelvin A&E patients

Dr Bob Brown, Western Trust Director of Primary Care and Older People’s Services.

Western Trust issues urgent New Year appeal for help

Altnagelvin

Altnagelvin A&E department 'very busy' with Western Trust urging people only to ...

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Dr Paul Baylis appeals for people to be safe this Halloween to help under pressu...

Altnagelvin

A&E 'extremely busy' with increasing numbers of children, older and sicker peopl...

A&E departments are becoming increasingly busy year on year. (Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

Major rise in numbers presenting at Altnagelvin A&E

Richard Pengelly, Permanent Secretary, DHSSPSNI (left) on a recent visit to Altnagelvin. Also pictured are Liam Clarke, Contracts Manager, McLaughlin and Harvey and Elaine Way, CBE, Western Trust Chief Executive.

Expert heart units ‘one of the unsung heroes of health care’

Nursing through the different eras with Chief Executive Dr Anne Kilgallen.

Health staff thanked as N.H.S. turns 70

Altnagelvin Hospital's A &E entrance (right).

Number of Altnagelvin A&E patients waiting over 12 hours soars

Altnagelvin Hospital's A &E entrance (right).

Trust staffing levels under constant review

Altnagelvin Hospital's A &E entrance (right).

'˜Significant pressures' at A&E Departments

Mental health crisis '˜really should have alarm bells ringing' - Durkan

Mark H Durkan.

A&E congestion the '˜tip of the iceberg' - MLA

Altnagelvin Hospital's A &E entrance (right).

'˜High levels of pressure' continues at Emergency Departments

Blood pressure

Only attend 'Emergency Department' if your condition is urgent, urge Health chie...

Altnagelvin Hospital's A &E entrance (right).

Patients with minor ailments impacting on '˜real emergencies' at A&E

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