One of the recipients of this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours is NHS Forth Valley’s Deputy Nurse Director, Rita Ciccu Moore, who has been awarded an MBE for services to nursing and to the NHS Forth Valley Nurses Choir. Rita has… read more →
Stirling’s new Bellfield Centre is in caring hands thanks to the hard work and dedication of its staff to get it fully operational. Since it opened, staff have gone above and beyond the call of duty to help deliver a… read more →
Twelve young women from Clackmannanshire Secondary Schools celebrated their successful completion of a Play Mentor programme with family, friends and well wishers at a celebration in Alloa Town Hall on the 28 May 2019. The Play Mentors successfully attended 7… read more →
Childhood immunisations at specialist vaccination clinics are set to be rolled out across the Stirling area this summer following a successful pilot scheme in Clackmannanshire. This saw babies/children registered with seven GP practices, receiving their immunisation at two locations, Tillicoultry… read more →
The finishing strokes have now been applied to a major arts project stretching across two buildings at the Stirling Health and Care Village – the GP and Minor Injuries Centre and the Bellfield Centre. Leigh Bagley, a contemporary textile and… read more →
The number of clinical studies and trials taking place in NHS Forth Valley has increased sevenfold in the last 15 years from 32 in 2004 to 210 in 2018. They include input into a number of national research programmes and… read more →
A new app which could save patients with skin conditions having to go to hospital for follow-up appointments is about to be launched in NHS Forth Valley. It will enable a number of patients to link with health professionals at… read more →
Health professionals at NHS Forth Valley are appealing to the public to donate unused or unwanted Apple iPod shuffle devices to help with a new project Music with Meaning. The new project is a collaborative piece of work being undertaken… read more →
Patients in Ward 2 at Bo’ness Hospital can now take a step back in time, thanks to the work of volunteers from Denny and Bonnybridge Men’s Shed. They’ve converted a summer house at the bottom of the hospital garden into… read more →
Training courses in mental health first aid have been delivered by NHS Forth Valley in six secondary schools in the Falkirk area, with pupils reporting increased skills and confidence in recognising mental health problems. The programme involved senior youngsters from… read more →