One of the most thoughtful and original gifts received by the Oncology unit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital is a set of wig stands, lovingly crafted by a former patient as a thank you for his cancer care and treatment.… read more →
A pioneering NHS Forth Valley centre for people who have experienced rape or sexual assault has been praised by Justice Secretary Keith Brown ahead of a roll out of similar services across Scotland. Mr Brown visited The Meadows to experience… read more →
Patients in NHS Forth Valley hospitals will continue to be able have at least one visitor at a time and up to two people for essential visits which includes visits to support people with dementia, learning disabilities and autism. There… read more →
Care homes across Forth Valley are being invited to sign up to a new health and wellbeing project which has seen sixty residents at a Stirling care home being presented with certificates for completing a Natural Health Award. This involved… read more →
Artist, illustrator, printmaker and teacher Natasha Russell has beaten off stiff competition to become artist in residence in the Women and Children’s Unit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. Based in Edinburgh, she was one of 41 artists who applied for… read more →
Adults in Forth Valley who have yet to take up the offer of the Covid-19 vaccine, or are due their second dose, are being urged to visit one of the additional drop-in clinics running in the Forth Valley area this… read more →
An independent review of the Emergency Department at Forth Valley Royal Hospital was commissioned by NHS Forth Valley’s Chief Executive Cathie Cowan after a number of concerns were raised by staff representatives. The review looked at teamworking, leadership, learning and… read more →
Scotland is the first country in the world to implement the use of Cytosponge™ across all mainland NHS Boards in a national screening programme. The innovative ‘sponge on a string’ device, which has been piloted in number of areas including… read more →
Drop-in clinics for Covid-19 vaccinations in Forth Valley will be open longer over the next two weeks as part of ongoing efforts to vaccinate as many people as possible across the area during July 2021. Sessions at Forth Valley College’s… read more →
The Coronavirus community testing unit returns to Callander this Thursday, 1st July, to help slow the spread of the virus across Stirling. With a rising number of positive Covid tests being recorded across Scotland, the testing units are part of… read more →