People across Forth Valley are being encouraged to nominate their local health heroes for an NHS Forth Valley staff award before entries close on Monday 3rd July 2017. So if you or a family member has you been in hospital… read more →
Hospitals and health centres across Forth Valley are to display window stickers and posters to let people know that breastfeeding is welcome at local healthcare facilities. The launch of the scheme coincides with Scottish Breastfeeding Week and means staff will… read more →
The first four-legged friends to visit patients in Forth Valley Royal Hospital padded into Wards 4 and 5 in the Mental Health Unit to be met with smiles and affection. Jamie the whippet and Shadow the lurcher are part of… read more →
A NHS Forth Valley Dietitian has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2017 for services to Dietetics and Public Health. Morag MacKellar, who is NHS Forth Valley’s Allied Health Professions (AHP) Manager for Children’s Services, has a… read more →
Four members of staff who worked in NHS Forth Valley’s Physiotherapy Department recently retired, after notching up a total of 150 years of service between them. Mary Ferguson who worked for NHS Forth Valley for 43 years, started her health… read more →
Free blood pressure checks are to be offered to people in Falkirk and surrounding areas at a health event in the Council Chambers, Municipal Buildings, Falkirk on Tuesday June 20th 2017. The checks are part of a presentation by the… read more →
Junior doctors attending the Scottish Centre for Simulation and Clinical Human Factors, based at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, were surprised to find a real ‘live’ patient in the midst of the high-tech mannekins whom they normally examine, diagnose and treat.… read more →
Free blood pressure checks are to be offered to people in the Stirling area at a health event in Stirling Community Hospital on Wednesday June 14. The checks are part of a presentation by the Stroke Association who say that… read more →
A glimpse of what the new Stirling Care Village will look like, with its emphasis on being dementia friendly, has been revealed at a recent international masterclass on design for dementia and ageing. The conference, at the Iris Murdoch Building… read more →
Free blood pressure checks are to be offered to people in Clackmannanshire at a health event in Sauchie Community Hall on Wednesday June 7th 2017. The checks are part of a presentation by the Stroke Association who say that up… read more →
