Nine successful graduates of the Play Mentor programme celebrated with family and friends recently at an awards ceremony at Forth Valley College Alloa campus. Play Mentor, which is managed by the NHS Forth Valley health promotion service in partnership with… read more →

Forth Valley Royal Hospital is one of a number of locations set to benefit from a new £35,0000 e-bike scheme which will see 100 fully electric bikes made available  at key locations across Forth Valley by May 2019. The first… read more →

Brightly coloured walking frames will soon be appearing in wards across Forth Valley, thanks to a new initiative. The red frames are easier for patients with dementia to see than the traditional grey or silver models which mean patients are… read more →

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 →