Plean parkrun at Plean Country Park will be one of hundreds of parkruns around the UK to host a special NHS birthday celebration event on Saturday 9 June. The initiative, known as parkrun for the NHS, aims to recognise the… read more →

Construction work is set to start soon on a new health centre in Doune, following approval of detailed plans. A Full Business Case for the £2.7million development has been given the green light by the Scottish Government and the new… read more →

The number of women in Forth Valley who are breastfeeding at six weeks after giving birth has increased by more than 5% and helped earn NHS Forth Valley’s community health visiting service a prestigious Baby Friendly Award from Unicef (United… read more →

People across Clackmannanshire and Stirling council areas who regularly use health and social care services are being invited to make their voices heard over how local care should be delivered in future. Members of the public are being sought to… read more →

Patients across Forth Valley are now being seen within a newly refurbished MRI suite at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. The suite contains a new state-of-the-art £1million specialist scanner, a backlit picture wall and concealed ambient lighting which changes colours to… read more →

The front of Forth Valley Royal Hospital, which has been turned into a giant cinema screen to spread health messages, will be showing a new film compilation later this year. This year’s topics include adverts from the Detect Cancer Early… read more →

In what is seen as a landmark development for the nursing profession, the latest partnership at Dr Whitelaw and Partners within Meadowbank Health Centre in Polmont has been taken up by an Advanced Nurse Practitioner. The appointment of Paul Leishman… read more →

In Feb 2018, NHS Forth Valley announced that it would take over responsibility for running Dr Stirling & Partners Medical Practice following confirmation that the majority of the existing GPs planned to leave or retire in the next few months.… read more →

Those visiting Ward 4 at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, may be surprised to come across a garden shed complete with potting bench, retro radio and various garden tools, as they make their way down one of the corridors. The set-up,… read more →

Clackmannanshire and Stirling Health and Social Care Partnership has been awarded a grant from Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s ihub Improvement Fund. The fund supports services to test and develop innovative practices that can contribute to the delivery of the National Health… read more →