Despite the challenges of Covid-19, local Learning Disability nurses across Forth Valley have achieved considerable success in improving best practice for both themselves and their patients. Over the past two years, nine staff have gained a qualification in Positive Behavioural… read more →
NHS Forth Valley is now inviting those aged 75 and over and those at highest risk of severe COVID-19 disease forward for their second booster vaccination. People in the following groups will receive a letter with appointment details: adults aged… read more →
NHS Forth Valley is now sending out letters with COVID-19 vaccination appointments to all parents and carers of all children aged five to 11. Children in this age group will be vaccinated in community clinics from 19 March 2022. This… read more →
Intensive care patients at Forth Valley Royal Hospital are getting a helping hand on the road to recovery, courtesy of a virtual staff member called RITA. Thanks to funding from NHS Forth Valley’s Organ Donation Committee, the new piece of… read more →
ASH Scotland is urging Forth Valley residents to consider making a personal plan on national No Smoking Day today (Wednesday 9th March 2022) to give up smoking to help improve both their mental and physical health. The charity’s call, which… read more →
A Forth Valley patient has set a new Guinness World Record after undergoing pioneering heart surgery almost 50 years ago. Seventy-seven-year-old Anne Bell, from Banknock in Falkirk, is the longest surviving recipient of a single artificial heart valve replacement. The… read more →
Women from the Falkirk area attended a special celebration recently to mark the completion of a life-changing programme to set them on course for a brighter future. A total of 10 women took part in the THRIVE to Keep Well… read more →
Video messages from as far afield as Texas helped mark the retirement of a pharmacy technician after more than 50 years of working with the NHS in Forth Valley. Helen McCabe’s half a century of service saw a wide range… read more →
Olympic golden girl Vicky Wright received a hero’s welcome today when she came back on shift at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert where she works as a nurse on a surgical ward. A member of the Team GB Women’s… read more →
Covid-19 vaccinations are now available at a number of local pharmacies as part of plans to further extend access to vaccination across NHS Forth Valley. Eleven pharmacies are now able to offer Covid-19 vaccinations (first, second and booster doses, if… read more →
