People in the Falkirk area who regularly use health and social care services are being invited to make their voices heard over how local care should be delivered in future. The Scottish Government is seeking members of the public to… read more →
Around £1.75 million has been allocated by NHS Forth Valley to provide medical equipment over the next year. This includes upgrading existing equipment and also purchasing a new state-of-the art orthodontics scanner which will allow impressions to be taken digitally.… read more →
Millie, Josh and Emma are three of the tiny ‘babies’ who have helped in a scheme to give extra support to more than 100 teenage Mums across Forth Valley. Known as the Family Nurse Partnership – a US inspired project… read more →
Patients in NHS Forth Valley are set to get a new furry visitor in the next few weeks. Oscar will soon be wagging his tail round the inpatient wards at Stirling Community Hospital as he takes on his role as… read more →
Teddies belonging to a Dunblane family were handed over to victims of the Nepal earthquake, during a mercy mission to the Katmandhu area by their hospital consultant father. Dr Paul Holmes, an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Forth Valley Royal Hospital… read more →
Scotland’s leading sight loss charity is joining forces with NHS Forth Valley to offer emotional and practical support to people diagnosed with sight loss. The new Vision Support Service, based within Falkirk Community Hospital will provide vital help and encouragement… read more →
NHS Forth Valley is now one of the top recruiting sites for cancer trials both within Scotland and the UK. More than 700 patients have now taken part in a portfolio of trials covering haematology, breast, urology, lung and colorectal… read more →
NHS Forth Valley is supporting the ‘Hello, my name is…’ campaign to highlight the importance of staff introducing themselves to patients. Launched in 2013 by Dr Kate Granger, a hospital doctor in Yorkshire who has terminal cancer, the ‘Hello, my… read more →
Clackmannanshire and Stirling Councils and NHS Forth Valley are inviting people who use health or social care services, including patients, carers and other clients, to come along to a series of public events to explain: What health and social care… read more →
The University of Stirling and NHS Forth Valley have been judged Partnership of the Year at the 2015 Student Nursing Times Awards, held in London yesterday. The Awards celebrate the very best in nurse education, and the two institutions –… read more →
