A new style of signage has been installed at Clackmannanshire Community Healthcare Centre (CCHC) to make it easier for patients to get around and encourage them to be more active. The signs, which have initially been installed in Ward 1,… read more →
Serco’s support services team at Forth Valley Royal Hospital has won the prestigious Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Award for their achievements in maintaining the highest health and safety standards at the hospital – for the… read more →
Pregnant women in Forth Valley will soon be able to access a summary of their maternity notes through their PC, tablet or iOS device (an android app is also being developed). The secure system will mean they no longer have… read more →
Fit for Work Scotland (FfWS) is a free advice and assessment service designed to help individuals return to work after a period of sickness absence. Over 130 million days are lost to sickness absence every year and it is well… 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 Thursday 24th August 2017 between… read more →
People with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) who live in Forth Valley are being asked to consider taking part in a ground-breaking trial. The trial is investigating if a common blood pressure drug, losartan, has additional properties that could slow down the… read more →
A partnership of local organisations in Stirling and the Forth Valley has been awarded £225,000 by the Life Changes Trust to enable people living with dementia to remain included and active in their local communities. The wide ranging partnership, which… read more →
An idea suggested by an NHS Forth Valley support group, has led to a nationwide art project exploring the stigma surrounding people with Hepatitis C. Hepatitis See, developed through a partnership between Scottish charities and a number of NHS Boards,… read more →
Earlier this year, NHS Forth Valley carried out an internal review of the stillbirths which had occurred during 2016 as, although the rate for the second half of the year was in line with previous years, the rate for the… read more →
Due to increasing and ongoing challenges in providing sufficient medical cover for the three existing Primacy Care Out-of-Hours Centres in Forth Valley, a number of changes are being made to the way services are provided on an interim basis. These… read more →
