A report has been published today (14/6/16) following a Joint Inspection for Services for Children in the Falkirk Council area. The Care Inspectorate took a close look at services for children, including health, education and safety, at the end of… read more →
Advice offered as part of Cervical Screening Awareness Week drive Women in NHS Forth Valley are being urged to go for their smear test when invited as Cervical Screening Awareness Week gets underway (13-19 June 2016). Sister Fiona Mulgrew, Gynaecology… read more →
Dietitians and catering staff at Forth Valley Royal Hospital celebrated Dietitians Week 2016 (6 – 10 June) with a week long programme of special events. The focus of this week was to highlight the professional role of dietitians and promote… read more →
A new patient reminder service is being introduced by NHS Forth Valley to try to reduce the number of people who fail to turn up for their hospital appointments. In some outpatient clinics as many as one in ten patients… read more →
Plans to improve healthcare premises and medical equipment across NHS Forth Valley over the next five years have been approved. The plans form part of an ongoing capital programme which aims to ensure local NHS facilities and medical equipment are… read more →
The Catering team at Forth Valley Royal Hospital – including Scottish FM professional of the year, Anne Davidson – are set to appear in BBC Scotland’s ‘Landward’ this Friday 3 June showing how NHS Forth Valley, in partnership with catering… read more →
The benefits of finding cancer early will be highlighted to shoppers in Stirling on Friday (3 June) as the Detect Cancer Early tour visits The Thistles Shopping Centre. The tour is focused on raising awareness of the importance of screening… read more →
Nicola Wood, a Mental Health Nurse and Team Leader in Liaison Psychiatry based at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, has worked with older people with mental health needs since she qualified 10 years ago. Here, as part of National Dementia Week,… read more →
A group of parents-to-be in Forth Valley have been tuning into their babies, courtesy of a new online project described as health and ‘edutainment.’ The website, which contains audio clips designed for parents to listen to during pregnancy, was developed… read more →
So Precious, a charity dedicated to supporting Neonatal, maternity and paediatric care at Forth Valley Royal Hospital has just handed over a £10,000 bundle of gifts. The latest equipment includes two Vapotherm units, and two mamaRoo Chairs for the Children’s… read more →