Lead Consultant Dermatologist at NHS Forth Valley, Dr Colin Morton outlines ambitious plans for Scottish innovation to help transform the diagnosis of skin cancer in the next few years. Cancer remains one of the leading global causes of death, and… read more →
New community testing centres are to open in Forth Valley over the next few weeks to offer rapid testing to local people who do not have any symptoms of COVID-19. The move is part of national plans to expand community… read more →
NHS Forth Valley’s Test and Protect team is currently carrying out Covid-19 contact tracing after a number of residents at Abbeyfield House Supported Housing in Killearn tested positive for coronavirus. All appropriate action is being taken by and NHS Forth… read more →
NHS Forth Valley’s Test and Protect team is currently carrying out Covid-19 contact tracing after a number of staff working at Larbert Police Station have tested positive for coronavirus. All appropriate action is being taken by our Public Health Team… read more →
More than 75,000 people across Forth Valley have now received the Covid-19 vaccine following the expansion of the programme to include those aged over 65 and extremely clinically vulnerable people who were previously asked to shield. Work is now underway… read more →
Our Test and Protect and Public Health teams are continuing to work closely with staff from the First Bus depot at Larbert to monitor the situation and carry out repeat testing, where appropriate. The situation is improving and all necessary… read more →
Forth Valley patients have played a vital role in research which shows that a drug normally used to treat arthritis, combined with a steroid, could be a life-saver for some of the sickest people with Covid-19. A total of 77… read more →
NHS Forth Valley’s Test and Protect team is carrying out contact tracing after a small number of staff working at Whyte and Mackay in Grangemouth tested positive for coronavirus. All appropriate action is being taken and our Public Health Team… read more →
Two patients currently being treated for Covid-19 in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Forth Valley Royal Hospital are urging people across the region to take Covid-19 seriously. Ralph Rindfleisch (71) from Tullibody, who was taken to hospital by ambulance… read more →
The increase in cases of Covid-19 in the Falkirk area is partly due to increased testing and partly because of outbreaks in large workplaces such as factories and a bus depot. The testing rate in the Forth Valley area is… read more →