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 →
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 →
Local businesses came to the rescue when deliveries of bread and milk were unable to reach Forth Valley Royal Hospital during the recent adverse weather. The generosity of local supermarkets – (including Tesco in Falkirk and Asda in Stenhousemuir) –… read more →
We are aiming to get services back to normal on Monday with outpatient clinics and operations running as planned. Once again, we would like to thank our staff, partners, volunteers and the wider community for all your support over the… read more →
Due to the ongoing adverse weather conditions across the area, all hospital outpatient appointments and non-emergency operations on Friday 2 March 2018 will be postponed APART from oncology and renal dialysis clinics and a small number of more urgent appointments… read more →
Due to the red weather warning which has been issued for the area, all non-urgent outpatient appointments on Thursday 1 March 2018 will be postponed APART from the following six clinics at Forth Valley Royal Hospital which we plan to… read more →
NHS Scotland has launched a campaign to increase the number of consultant grade radiologists in post by 10%. Nine Health Boards, including NHS Forth Valley, are teaming up to fill 32 vacancies through targeted advertising across the globe. Health Boards… read more →
Emergency staff from across Scotland have been taking part in a trauma course at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, believed to be the first of its kind in the country. Fifteen participants from five Health Boards spent the day battling to… read more →
Following an increase in levels of influenza across Scotland, NHS Forth Valley is asking people who have symptoms of a respiratory illness not to visit the area’s hospitals until their symptoms have disappeared. Dr Jennifer Champion, NHS Forth Valley Consultant… read more →
