Make no bones about it, NHS Forth Valley Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Mr Ian McLean is very talented indeed. He was recently persuaded to give up an overnight on-call, so he could collect the much-coveted Trainer of the Year award for… read more →
Hot on the heels of winning a SFA regional award, our local CAMHS football project is celebrating being the best in Scotland after lifting the national SFA award for the best community football project. They scored a winner after competing… read more →
The Endoscopy Unit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital has become the first in Scotland to introduce the use of a new digital probe which could improve diagnosis as well as avoid the need for a colonoscopy to help reduce waiting… read more →
Craig Bell, a Community Learning Disability Charge Nurse in NHS Forth Valley, recently celebrated becoming a Queen’s Nurse after completing a nine-month development programme. Craig was one of 29 community nurses from across Scotland, who were nominated for the programme… read more →
NHS Forth Valley, along with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Grampian, Storm ID, Modernising Patient Pathways Programme, NHS National Services Scotland and NHS Education for Scotland, won the Digitising Patient Services Initiative Award in the 2021 Heath Service Journal… read more →
A football group for CAMHS patients in Forth Valley has scored a winner, lifting the regional SFA award for best community grassroots football. Their success will now take them forward to a national final. Open to youngsters aged between 8… read more →
Sandra Campbell, Macmillan Nurse Consultant Cancer & Palliative Care in NHS Forth Valley, was awarded the President’s Award by the UK Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) at their 2021 annual conference which took place in Nov 2021. The award, which was… read more →
A new website for people with diabetes, which has been launched by NHS Forth Valley, is already proving a big hit, with more than 20,000 visits since the site went live. The figures have been released to coincide with World… read more →
Thanks to the innovative skills of two specialist NHS Forth Valley physiotherapists, 846 walking aids have been returned to NHS Forth Valley in the past 7 months representing a saving of more than £6,500 against the cost of buying replacements.… read more →
The microbiology department at Forth Valley Royal Hospital has recorded an impressive response in the ongoing fight against Covid-19. Since the pandemic began, they have processed more than 186,000 Covid-19 tests from local hospitals, healthcare staff and care homes and,… read more →