PEOPLE in Forth Valley are being encouraged to Be Health-Wise This Winter at today’s (November 26th) launch of a national health campaign. The Minister for Public Health Maureen Watt was joined by schoolchildren and NHS 24’s Executive Nurse Director Sheena… read more →
NHS Scotland is supporting European Antibiotic Awareness Day 2014 using media messaging, NHS board communications and dissemination of information leaflets and posters. These resources highlight that common infections such as coughs, colds, sore throats and earache, cannot be cured by… read more →
“COPD – could this be you?” is Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland’s message for World COPD Day 2014. To mark the day, the charity is supporting a campaign to make people in Forth Valley aware of the UK’s fifth biggest… read more →
People in Forth Valley who are eligible for the flu vaccine are being urged to get protected before the end of the year. New uptake figures for the region show the percentage of people yet to be vaccinated, and the… read more →
Scotland’s NHS is to roll out innovative ways for nurses to review patient care across hospital wards – checking that high standards are met and encouraging continuous improvements. The quality assurance processes will cover nursing and midwifery within all hospitals… read more →
Patients across Forth Valley are benefiting from new ways of working which have seen NHS Forth Valley drivers becoming multi-skilled. The streamlined service, which has just received a prestigious national award, has resulted in additional specimen uplifts at 51 health… read more →
An NHS Forth Valley consultant in emergency medicine is setting off for Sierra Leone as part of the UK’s efforts to tackle the Ebola outbreak. Dr Roger Alcock, who works at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, will join other… read more →
The well-known adage ‘there’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle’ has become a reality at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, thanks to a 93 year old patient. Alan Cairney from Gartmore, near Stirling, is playing his violin and… read more →
Cancer survivors and those living with the disease are being invited to attend a Health and Wellbeing Event organised by NHS Forth Valley and Macmillan Cancer Support. The session – which will be held on Tuesday 2nd December between 11.00am… read more →
With Christmas just around the corner, Signpost Recovery, a local drug and alcohol service, is appealing to people to sprinkle some festive sparkle into the lives of people in Forth Valley affected by substance misuse. They are aiming to provide… read more →
