27/01/2026
The Western Trust has launched a new women’s health hub at Fintona Medical Centre, delivering improved access to specialist care for women across Fermanagh and South Tyrone.
The service is based within the Trust-run GP practices that were at risk of closure last year. Following engagement with the Department of Health, the Western Trust intervened to protect local GP services in Fintona, Dromore and Trillick, and Brookeborough and Tempo, ensuring patients could continue to access care close to home.
Listening to public feedback about the need for better access to women’s health services, the Trust has introduced an innovative GP-led model focused on early intervention, choice and convenience.
Led by experienced GP Dr Kelly Maguire, the new clinics provide support for menopause, HRT, menstrual conditions, sexual health and contraception. Dr Maguire, who has over 20 years of experience in women’s health, will be serving all the patients of the Trust run practices in Fintona, Brookeborough & Tempo, and Dromore & Trillick. Clinics run twice weekly, with patients able to self-refer or be referred by their GP.
Dr Maguire’s clinics will be running twice a week. Women can self-refer into the service by ringing Fintona Medical any weekday after 2pm and GPs in the Trust run practices can also refer patients into the system.
Dr Maguire said that she is really hopeful that these new services will improve access for patients of the Trust run practices to access a female health service and in addition, improve access for other patients contacting their own practices with non-related conditions.
The practices are also supported by a strong multidisciplinary team, including Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Advanced Paramedic Practitioners, helping to increase appointment availability and strengthen rural GP services.
Johnny Hadley is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP), who previously worked in England and in the Falklands, and works closely with his colleague Damian, an Advanced Paramedic Practitioner (APP). Damian Muldoon has been in Fintona Medical as an APP for three years, having previously been with the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust for fifteen years.
Johnny said that the move to a more rural setting has really worked out well for him personally and really enjoys working with his GP colleagues to ensure patients are offered face to face appointments on a daily basis.
“Both of us are prescribers and have our own specialities within our roles .In terms of our day to day, it’s great to be able to work with those in the community and to provide a service. It’s been so important here through the changes and the support that we have had from the Trust to keep the doors open, that we provide a high standard of care to those in the local area.”
This initiative reflects the Trust’s commitment to listening to communities and helping to protect local services. Developing modern, patient-centred care and meeting the health needs of our population are key elements in the wider Vision planning for the future of health and care services in Fermanagh and West Tyrone.
For more health related news for Fermanagh & South Tyrone, visited our dedicated Health & Care Futures hub on the Western Trust website at: Fermanagh and West Tyrone Future Health and Care Services | Western Health & Social Care Trust