South West Acute Hospital
| South West Acute Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Western Health and Social Care Trust | |
 South West Acute Hospital | |
  Location in Northern Ireland | |
| Geography | |
| Location | 124 Irvinestown Road, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°21′57″N 7°38′29″W / 54.3657°N 7.6414°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Health and Social Care |
| Affiliated university | |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 232 |
| History | |
| Opened | 2012 |
| Links | |
| Website | westerntrust |
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
[edit]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
[edit]The hospital has up to 210 inpatient and 22 day-case beds.[4]
Services
[edit]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
[edit]The hospital is a university teaching hospital for both Queen's University Belfast and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Queen officially opens new hospital". Impartial Reporter. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Inside Fermanagh's state of the art hospital". BBC News. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Western Health and Social Care Trust". Western Health and Social Care Trust. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "South West Acute Hospital". Western Health and Social Care Trust. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ Department of Health NI. "Developing Better Health Services (Topic: Health policy)". Department of Health NI. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ "'Outstanding' work experience at SWAH say medical students". Impartial Reporter. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
External links
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- Western Health and Social Care Trust
- Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland) hospitals
- Teaching hospitals in Northern Ireland
- Hospital buildings completed in 2012
- Hospitals established in 2012
- 2012 establishments in Northern Ireland
- Hospitals in County Fermanagh
- 21st-century architecture in Northern Ireland