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‘Action, not delay’ required over mental health unit Posted: 7:00 pm April 29, 2021
By Alan Rodgers
A LACK of funding has resulted in plans for a proposed new £25 million acute mental health unit at Omagh Hospital having to be ‘temporarily’ shelved.
The new unit, which is estimated to cost in the region of £25 million, is being seen as vital to address what is expected to be a sharp rise in mental health issues after the coronavirus pandemic.
It is earmarked to include a 26-bed acute mental health unit, with six integrated psychiatric intensive care beds and a therapy day centre, an eight-bed alcohol and drug treatment unit and a 20-bed unit to facilitate Older People’s Mental Health, Dementia and a therapeutic hub.
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THE Western Trust is ‘hopeful’ that red flag cancer patients who had their treatments cancelled last week will now be rescheduled.
Last week, cancer surgeries and treatments were cancelled at all hospitals across the Trust due to the pressure put on services by the Covid-19 pandemic.
However, from today, Monday January 25, the Trust is aiming to reschedule patients who had their surgeries cancelled last week.
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The Western Trust said it was a ‘very difficult but necessary decision’ to postpone all red flag cancer services from last Monday, January 18.
‘Red flag’ surgeries or treatments aim to help with the patient’s recovery from cancer, or in some cases, save their lives.