An award winning falls prevention project in the Falkirk area has been shown not only to significantly reduce the number of falls people experience at home but has also save millions of pounds in health and social care costs over… read more →

A leading children’s doctor at Forth Valley Royal Hospital is the editor of a new book which could help medics around the world diagnose childhood headache. NHS Forth Valley Consultant Paediatrician Dr Ishaq Abu-Arafeh says it is important to recognise… read more →

Dementia-friendly clocks and signs have now started to appear in dementia wards in community hospitals across Forth Valley, and adult wards in Forth Valley Royal Hospital. The large, rectangular clocks bear the day, the date and the month, and are… read more →

People in Forth Valley who have Aspergers Syndrome or autism without a learning disability are being invited to take part in a survey which could lead to changes in the way support is delivered in future. The study, which is… read more →

NHS Forth Valley is the first NHS Board in Scotland to pilot a new service which provides one-to-one support to cancer patients following treatment. The service, which involves the piloting of two new health roles, is one of 16 projects… read more →

Ground breaking work by a team at Forth Valley Royal Hospital is saving lives. Figures just published show that the number of patients suffering cardiac arrest in the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) at Forth Valley Royal Hospital has fallen dramatically,… read more →

A touch of ‘cabin fever’ has broken out at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in the shape of a huge wooden shed. Situated in the atrium, the four metre by three metre structure is the brainchild of NHS Forth Valley’s artist… read more →

Beautiful gardens have been created in the grounds of Falkirk Community Hospital thanks to a generous donation from the Royal Voluntary Service (formerly known as WRVS). NHS Forth Valley received the biggest ever single donation from an individual charity –… read more →

Details of the future NHS supported bus arrangements, which will provide links from parts of Falkirk to Forth Valley Royal Hospital, were confirmed today. The existing H3, H4, H4a and H5 services will end on 18th August 2013, when the… read more →

PHOTOGRAPHS and papers from the early days of the Royal Scottish National Hospital in Larbert have been recognised as of outstanding historical importance by the United Nations’ cultural body, UNESCO. The hospital archive – now in the care of the… read more →