New arrangements for bus services from Clackmannanshire to Forth Valley Royal Hospital will maintain links from existing villages. As part of the planned replacement of the existing H1 and H2 bus services NHS Forth Valley plans to run an hourly… read more →
Staff at Forth Valley Royal Hospital have been praised by international visitors for their efforts in infection control and patient safety. As part of the Scottish Patient Safety Programme, specialists from Australia recently visited the hospital to find out more… read more →
Insomniacs and tinnitus sufferers are to be given the opportunity to tune into an alternative form of therapy whilst in Forth Valley Royal Hospital. The innovative ‘treatment’ will be delivered via bedside radio and will feature soothing sounds including rain,… read more →
Babies in the neonatal unit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital are benefitting from new infection control procedures which have gained international recognition. The new measures have resulted in no hospital-related blood borne infections (Staph Auerus bacteria or SABs for short)… read more →
Children and young people being treated in the Emergency Department at Forth Valley Royal Hospital will be given activity packs to help them through potentially stressful visits. Age-specific activity packs, along with packs of bubble and stickers, are being used… read more →
It may not be the Tate or the Louvre but Forth Valley Royal Hospital is soon to have its own art gallery. Staff and longer-stay patients are being invited along to a ‘Choosing Wall’, in the Learning Centre, and asked… read more →
The sound of music will be heard in Forth Valley Royal Hospital on Saturday September 15th when a brass quintet strikes up in the atrium area as part of a national event to bring chamber music to the streets of… read more →
Smokers who light up outside Forth Valley Royal Hospital will trigger an alarm and loudspeaker message telling them to stop. The warning has been installed at the main entrance to help deter smokers who continually ignore the no-smoking signs. It… read more →
A carnival of colour is about to blossom at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, thanks to the green-fingered efforts of elderly patients in wards across the area. The fruits of their labours are due to appear in eight “greenhouses” sited throughout… read more →