South West Acute Hospital Explained

South West Acute Hospital
Location:	124 Irvinestown Road, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Coordinates:	54.3657°N -7.6414°W
Emergency:	Yes
Beds:	232
Founded:	2012
Map Type:	Northern Ireland

South West Acute Hospital is a local teaching hospital located in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is managed by Western Health and Social Care Trust.

History

The hospital was built to replace the Erne Hospital, and was opened by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on 21 June 2012.^[1] It was the first new hospital to be built in Northern Ireland for more than a decade, and was the first hospital in Northern Ireland with single ensuite rooms for every patient.^{[2] [3]}

Facilities

The hospital has up to 210 inpatient and 22 day-case beds.^[4]

Services

The hospital has been designated as one of the nine acute hospitals in the acute hospital network of Northern Ireland on which healthcare would be focused under the government health policy 'Developing Better Services'.^[5]

Teaching

The hospital is a university teaching hospital for both Queen's University Belfast and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.^[6]

External links

• • Inspection reports from the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority

Notes and References

1. Web site: Queen officially opens new hospital. Impartial Reporter . 26 June 2012. 3 April 2019.
2. Web site: Inside Fermanagh's state of the art hospital . BBC News . 7 June 2020.
3. Web site: Western Health and Social Care Trust . Western Health and Social Care Trust . 3 April 2019.
4. Web site: South West Acute Hospital . Western Health and Social Care Trust . 7 June 2020.
5. Web site: Department of Health NI . Developing Better Health Services (Topic: Health policy) . Department of Health NI . 27 March 2019.
6. Web site: 'Outstanding' work experience at SWAH say medical students. Impartial Reporter . 21 October 2014. 3 April 2019.