Huge congratulations are in order for NHS Forth Valley’s Carol Whitfield, winner of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Maternity Support Worker of the Year award. Carol, who works in the Women and Children’s Unit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital… read more →
On Wednesday, 28 January 100 health and social services professionals from all parts of the country graduated to become the latest additions to Scotland’s pioneering Dementia Champions Programme. An audience of around 200 celebrated their achievement. The event started with… read more →
A total of 131 NHS Forth Valley staff, with a total of 2,670 years service between them, attended the second of two special award ceremonies on 23 January 2015 to celebrate their long careers working for the NHS. The event… read more →
New mums and babies from across Forth Valley joined in celebrations at Forth Valley Royal Hospital to mark the success of the women and children’s unit in retaining its UNICEF Baby Friendly Award. The Baby Friendly Initiative is a worldwide… read more →
Almost 70 people, with a total of 1,710 years service between them, attended the first of two award ceremonies to celebrate their long careers working for the NHS. The event was hosted by the Chairman of NHS Forth Valley, Alex… read more →
Congratulations to all the teams and individual finalists who scooped up awards at our Recognising Our People Awards 2014 for their efforts and dedication to improving our health service. Winners of the 2014 Innovation Award, the Theatre Team said: “We were… read more →
The work of our Medical Physics Department at Forth Valley Royal Hospital was praised following an assessment in November 2014. No corrective or preventative actions were raised and the Auditor was very complementary about the department and highlighting that it… read more →
Patients across Forth Valley are benefiting from new ways of working which have seen NHS Forth Valley drivers becoming multi-skilled. The streamlined service, which has just received a prestigious national award, has resulted in additional specimen uplifts at 51 health… read more →
Congratulations to the Practice Pilot Prescribing Project (PPPP) team who won the award for Innovation in Prescribing Quality at the Scottish Pharmacy Awards 2014. The PPPP project was developed to support delivering prescribing improvements in up to four local GP practices… read more →
NHS Forth Valley won the story board competition at the 2014 Scottish Patient Safety Programme Conference for their all “aBoard” theme which highlighted the patient safety journey.