Charity Forth Environment Link is set to launch a free roadside bike repair service for NHS key workers to encourage them to keep on cycling to work during the coronavirus pandemic. The Bike Medic scheme responds to a surge in… read more →
NHS Forth Valley’s Test and Protect team is currently carrying out COVID-19 contact tracing in St Mungo’s High School, St Margaret’s Primary School Polmont and Stenhousemuir Primary School. Initial information suggests the virus was contracted outside of the schools and… read more →
People in Forth Valley are being urged to download the new Protect Scotland app to suppress the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). The free app, available now on Apple and Google stores, will enhance existing Test and Protect contact tracing measures,… read more →
A new service has been launched in Forth Valley to provide quicker, more convenient treatment for minor injuries and avoid overcrowding to help keep staff and patients safe. Anyone with a minor injury is now being asked to Call MIA… read more →
Memories of giving birth to a daughter prematurely some 70 years ago, has prompted a Falkirk mother to knit more than 70 baby hats for the neonatal unit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, as a way of saying thank you.… read more →
NHS Forth Valley’s Test and Protect team is carrying out COVID-19 contact tracing at Carronshore Nursery after an individual tested positive for the virus. Initial findings suggest that the virus was contracted outside the nursery and there is currently no… read more →
NHS Forth Valley’s Test and Protect team is carrying out COVID-19 contact tracing in the following schools: Larbert High School Stenhousemuir Primary School Banchory Primary School, Tullibody Initial information suggests the virus was contracted outside of the schools and there… read more →
NHS Forth Valley’s Public Health team has issued advice, following a rapid rise in requests for COVID-19 tests. Since schools went back recently there has been a significant increase in testing requests, particularly from parents concerned for their children. Dr… read more →
Patients in Forth Valley due to undergo bowel surgery are now being given the opportunity to pedal their way to a speedier recovery by using an e-Bike prior to their operation. The move is part of the National Enhanced Recovery… read more →
Flu vaccinations in Forth Valley are set to begin in late September/early October and this year, due to Covid-19, the programme is being expanded to protect those most at risk. Social care workers, people over the age of 55 and… read more →