10/07/2025
10 July 2025
We can confirm that the Changing Emergency General Surgery Public Consultation Session, scheduled for Tuesday 15 July 2025 at the Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen is now fully booked.
Anyone who attends the public consultation sessions on Tuesday 15 July (Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen) or Thursday 17 July (Waterfoot Hotel, Derry~Londonderry), should have registered via the Trust’s website and have a ticket for the event. In the interest of public health, safety and security, we cannot go over the venue capacity. Therefore it is important that you do not attend if you are not registered for the event.
We are pleased with the response to date and we are keen to engage with as many people as possible over the 14 week period of the consultation. We are committed to ensuring the public have every opportunity to attend a public consultation session, either face to face or virtually. We want to reassure anyone, who wanted to attend Tuesday’s event, that we will now hold a second face to face Session in the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area. Details of this date will be issued as soon as possible on Trust channels. The Trust has set up a ‘waiting list’ on Eventbrite for anyone who wanted to attend Killyhevlin but was unable to get a ticket. The Trust will be in contact with those that have registered on the waiting list to inform of any future public events.
Whilst the consultation session in the Killyhevlin Hotel on Tuesday 15 July is fully booked, there are still spaces available for the face to face consultation session on Thursday 17 July at the Waterfoot Hotel and the virtual consultation session on Wednesday 27 August. There will be at least one additional face to face consultation event given the level of interest in Tuesday’s event. We will be flexible during the consultation period to ensure effective engagement with all impacted groups.
The Trust has significant learning from the previous consultation on the temporary change to EGS at SWAH. This was discussed with the Patient Client Council (PCC). During our meeting we highlighted that a targeted engagement approach was a more effective means of consultation. It is important to clarify that the PCC did not tell us how to consult or approve the content of our plans as this is the responsibility of the Trust.
For more information or to register for events please visit the Emergency General Surgery Consultation Page