Monklands Hospital in Airdrie has been confirmed as the preferred location for a new state-of-the-art radiotherapy facility for the West of Scotland. The new facility will help meet rising demand for cancer treatment over the next ten years and allow… read more →
Extra support is now being offered to victims of domestic abuse in Forth Valley. Both men and women and people in same sex partnerships are being urged not to suffer in silence and to come along to a new drop… read more →
Premature babies at Forth Valley Royal Hospital are now being cradled in comforting hands, thanks to the generosity of a local woman and the fundraising group she set up after her daughter was born 16 weeks early. Tiny Tabitha Fund,… read more →
Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) across Forth Valley are taking part in a new national initiative to encourage patients to get more active. Staff, including physiotherapists, podiatrists and dieticians, will now be asking patients about the amount of physical activity they… read more →
Players from Falkirk Football Club took time out of their busy training schedule on Monday 8th April 2013 to help raise awareness of bowel cancer. The team are encouraging fans between the ages of 50 and 74 in Falkirk and… 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 →
Doctors at Forth Valley Royal Hospital have reported their first successful non-heart beating organ donation. Two kidneys were retrieved from a male patient who died in the intensive care department. One was received by a man in his late 30’s… read more →
A consultation is underway to encourage local people to give their views on the way older people’s services across Stirling and Clackmannanshire will be designed and delivered in the future. Both Stirling and Clackmannanshire Councils, in partnership with NHS Forth… read more →
NHS Forth Valley has scored top marks again for serving tasty well-planned menus within our hospitals. According to NHS Scotland’s half-yearly compliance report (July – December 2012), NHS Forth Valley was one of only two Scottish health boards and the… read more →
Details of what the Stirling Community Hospital site might look like in a few years time will be unveiled at a public information and engagement day. The event, which takes place from 1.00 – 8.00pm on Tuesday 26th March in… read more →
