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An artist’s impression of how the new hub might look.

DfC confirms sale of Fort George plot to Western Trust for health hub Kevin Mullan

Pictured from left to right are: Linda Moore, Support Services; Sr Maria McNeill; Lesley Kelly, Ward Manager; Therese Brown, Chair Friends Of Spruce; James Anderson, Past Patient; Grainne Lynch, Nursing Assistant; Dr Lorcan Cooper and Cecilia McNulty, Nursing Assistant.

James donates 60th birthday money to Derry's Spruce House Daire Ní Chanáin

Sinn Féin MLA Pádraig Delargy at the Fort George site.

Progress on £70m Fort George health hub with land transferring to Western Trust Kevin Mullan

Betty Parkinson who lives in the Western Trust area was just 49 years old when she suffered a stroke

Derry woman shares how the FAST campaign saved her when having a stroke Daire Ní Chanáin

Michael Kelly (Education Authority), Michael Doran (VP, St. Joseph’s Primary School), Detective Superintendent Lindsay Fisher

Derry schools to join Operation Encompass Daire Ní Chanáin

A&E pressures

24 hours in A&E: Altnagelvin sees 230 people, hospital at 104% capacity Kevin Mullan

Altnagelvin

News 80 people in ‘extremely busy’ A&E with 46 awaiting beds in general hospital Kevin Mullan

NWRC's Strand Road Campus.

Vaccines roll out for teenagers who missed them during COVID Brendan McDaid

Mairead Devine Stewart, Stacey Murray, Jackie McGee. North West Cancer Centre Clinical Trials Nursing Team

44 photographs of WHSCT workers during International Women’s Day celebrations Kevin Mullan

The future of two Derry GP practices remain uncertain.

Health Dept. planning group to brief councillors on GP practices Kevin Mullan

SDLP Councillor Brian Tierney.

Vicki's story: Council calls on Western Trust to implement findings Gillian Anderson

Altnagelvin A&E

Almost 100 in Altnagelvin A&E with 39 ‘very sick’ in need of beds Kevin Mullan

Dáithí MacGabhann and his father Máirtín

Eastwood raises people in Derry waiting 8 years to see consultant Kevin Mullan

Western Trust Breast Screening Service Team pictured at the Guildhall Derry, from left to right: Dr Paul Farry, Clinical Lead Radiologist; Leoni Cooke, Hannah Langan and Rhea McDermott, Breast Screening Unit staff.

Western Trust Launches Breast Cancer Screening Service Appointment App Staff Reporter

Altnagelvin

£9.04m spent by Western Trust on private health care; an eight-fold increase Kevin Mullan

Derry star Micky Doherty with participants at the special event to recognise the achievements of young people in care.

News Mayor, Derry City FC and Micky Doherty help celebrate Care Day Brendan McDaid

Altnagelvin

487 outpatient appointments among cancellations and closures on Tuesday Kevin Mullan

The Western Trust Text-A-Nurse programme expanded to include parents, carers and school staff.

Western Trust Text-A-Nurse programme expanded Staff Reporter

Altnagelvin

Altnagelvin very busy with over 100 in A&E; close to 50 requiring hospital beds Kevin Mullan

Altnagelvin

Altnagelvin A&E ‘under extreme pressure’ with over 80 in attendance Kevin Mullan

Altnagelvin

Nearly 100 in Altnagelvin A&E with 38 ‘very sick’ people in need of beds Kevin Mullan

A&E under extreme pressure

‘Extreme pressure’ with over 100 in Altnagelvin A&E and 45 awaiting bed Kevin Mullan

The report opens with the young woman’s own words which were penned in December 2022 in a medium secure hospital in England where she continues to be placed.

Vicky’s story: ‘All I want is to come home and live close to my mum’ Kevin Mullan

Altnagelvin

Western Trust expects significant disruption during full day of strike action Kevin Mullan

Home care figures published by the Department of Health show the independent sector carries out the vast majority in the Western Trust.

Independent sector provided 82 per cent of home care in the Western Trust Kevin Mullan

Altnagelvin Hospital

‘Too many’ in Altnagelvin beds who ‘no longer need to be there’ Kevin Mullan

Latest terminations of pregnancy figures released.

Fewer than five terminations of pregnancy in Western Trust hospitals Kevin Mullan

Altnagelvin

Over 50 ‘very sick’ people waiting for beds as A&E pressures continue Kevin Mullan

The Western Trust posted among the best figures for breast cancer assessments

Nearly all Western Trust breast cancer referrals seen within fortnight Kevin Mullan

‘Looked After? A Formal Investigation into the Life of a Child in the care of the State’ identifies systemic failings in the care of a young woman.

News Western Trust apologises to Vicky after report finds systematic failings in care Kevin Mullan

Altnagelvin

Sharp decline in percentage of cancer patients seen within 62 days of referral Kevin Mullan

Baby girl Noor Parkhill born at Altnagelvin Hospital at 11.38am with mum Lindsay Parkhill and daughter of Zulekha Yassir from Derry.

Special delivery of New Year babies at Altnagelvin Hospital Kevin Mullan

Altnagelvin A&E

75 people waiting in ‘very busy’ Altnagelvin A&E Kevin Mullan

Sam Pollock

Sam Pollock made Commander of Order of British Empire by Charles III Kevin Mullan

Altnagelvin Hospital

News Urgent appeal for nursing cover at Altnagelvin over New Year weekend Kevin Mullan

Altnagelvin Hospital

Nearly 100 waiting in A&E with further 48 ‘very sick’ people yet to be admitted Kevin Mullan

Staff at the Western Trust got into the Christmas spirit by performing a specially adapted version of 'Jingle Bells'

Western Trust workers perform celebration of NHS based on Jingle Bells Kevin Mullan

Baby Aoife McSorley born at 1.17am in Altnagelvin Hospital on Christmas Day weighing 9lb 2oz.

Christmas babies arrive in Derry and Enniskillen Kevin Mullan

Cannabis was the most commonly used drug by service users in the Western Trust.

Cannabis, cocaine and prescription pills most commonly used drugs Kevin Mullan

Altnagelvin Hospital NICU is urgently appealing for the public’s help to make bedding items which is essential in helping premature and vulnerable babies who are being cared for in the neonatal unit.

Altnagelvin's NICU appeals for help to make bedding items for babies Laura Glenn

Accident & Emergency departments. (File picture)

Altnagelvin A&E in Derry 'extremely busy' as illnesses circulate Brendan McDaid

2019: Nurses from the Royal College of Nursing union strike at Altnagelvin Hospital three years ago this week. DER5119GS - 007

Nurses gathering at picket line as strike action commences Brendan McDaid

People have been urged to wrap up warm when outdoors and indoors.

Western Trust issues Top 10 winter health tips for Derry & NW Brendan McDaid

People Before Profit Councillor Maeve O'Neill, who joined striking workers at the picket line in Derry this morning, has expressed solidarity.

'We are fighting for the future of our NHS': Strike action begins Brendan McDaid

One of the picket lines will be at Altnagelvin Hospital.

625 appointments postponed in Western Trust as health staff to strike on Monday Brendan McDaid

Northern Ireland Allied Health Profession Rising Star Winner Christina Crawford, Occupational Therapist, Western pictured with Aoife McGratton, South Eastern Trust.

Western Trust's talented staff celebrated at NI awards Brendan McDaid

Racecourse GP practice is based at Shantallow Health Centre.

Almost 5,000 patients will be left in limbo if Derry practice closes Gillian Anderson

Meals-on-wheels

75% of meals-on-wheels recipients in Western Trust and numbers increasing Kevin Mullan

Aisling Corrigan (far left) and Dessie Corrigan (far right) are pictured at Altnagelvin Hospital’s Emergency Department presenting the 2022 Davin Corrigan Legacy Award to Josephine Friel, Substance Misuse Liaison Nurse and Dr Colm Shahmohammadi.

Derry A&E Take Home Naloxone project wins Legacy Award Brendan McDaid

Dr. Maurice O'Kane

Derry vaccine expert Dr. Maurice O’Kane urges ‘flu jab uptake Kevin Mullan