A popular resource for pregnant women and their families has been updated to include the latest information on perinatal mental health support. A refreshed edition of Scotland’s ‘Ready Steady Baby’ publication was launched today in the Women and Children’s Unit… read more →
Patients attending GP surgeries across Forth Valley are being offered more choice about who they can see, following the successful recruitment of a wide range of specialist health professionals to work alongside doctors. The first 80 health professionals to begin… read more →
The artist behind the famous ‘McCoos’, Steven Brown, popped into Forth Valley Royal Hospital to officially open two family rooms in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) which have undergone a colourful makeover. His visit followed a decision to display some… read more →
Hospital volunteers have responded generously to growing pressure faced by local NHS services this winter with the offer to give even more of their time at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert. Royal Voluntary Service has been supporting the NHS… read more →
Young patients at Forth Valley Royal Hospital will now be able to tuck into healthier and more nutritious food following the introduction of a new menu specifically created for the Children’s Ward. The new menu is an exemplar for healthy… read more →
A memorial plaque has been unveiled in the Lecture Theatre at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in honour of Dr Pat Beausang, a former NHS Forth Valley doctor who died on 18th August 2009 from leukaemia aged just 43. Dr Beausang… read more →
People in Forth Valley are being urged to use the Emergency Department at Forth Valley Royal Hospital wisely over the winter period and not attend with minor, non-urgent health issues which can be dealt with by other local health services.… read more →
Patients who fail to cancel their appointment until the day they are due to attend are costing NHS Forth Valley hundreds of thousands of pounds in rescheduling and denying 600 people a month the opportunity to be treated more quickly.… read more →
A £17 million investment in additional theatre capacity and a new MRI scanner will help reduce waiting times at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. Two new operating theatres will be opened in the next year to focus on general and orthopaedic… read more →
It’s been a bumper year for nominations in the 2018 NHS Forth Valley Staff Awards. A grand total of 560 were received, the highest number to-date and up by more than 20% on last year. This year there was also… read more →