Stirling District Asylum Remembered
Stirling District Lunatic Asylum (SDA) was established in 1865 by the Stirling District Lunacy Board. The first patients were admitted in June 1869, many...
Remembering Christmas Past
This lovely extract from The Passing Hour, the magazine published by the former Stirling District Asylum, illustrates quite beautifully how much the spirit of...
NHS Library – Old and New
Elizabeth Carney, NHS Forth Valley’s Librarian, looks at the changes to our NHS library services over the last 60 years.
“This piece from the Nurses’...
Fundraising for Stirling Royal Infirmary
Fundraising is important to raise money a wide range of equipment, services and facilities. Whilst this is undoubtedly true today (as demonstrated by the...
Sporting Prowess at Forth Valley
The Passing Hour is the magazine which was produced by the Stirling District Asylum (now part of the Bellsdyke Hospital site in Larbert) and...
Unearthing the History of Stirling Health & Care Village
Amy Cawood, Corporate Records Manager, has been delving into the historical records to find out more about the site now occupied by Stirling Health...
From the Archive
The Stirling Royal Infirmary Nurses' League Magazine forms part of the NHS Forth Valley Archives held at the University of Stirling. Issues have been...
Demolition of an old Stirling mansion house
Wester Livilands, near Stirling, having become the property of Mr J W Drummond, that gentleman will take down the old mansion house and build...
Falkirk Cottage Hospital
Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary began its existence in 1889 as a cottage hospital – Falkirk Cottage Hospital or Salton Cottage Hospital after the...
Local Hero
Alexander Logan Speirs (‘Sandy’) was a consultant paediatrician at Stirling Royal Infirmary and Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary. It was largely due to his...
Ophthalmology Services Axed (but just for a day!)
Hurling 1.25 lbs of forged steel at timber targets fairly got the adrenaline pumping when members of our ophthalmology team met up for a...
Curry and Spice And All Things Nice – Win A Meal For Two
The Times food writer Chitra Ramaswamy gave it an ecstatic 5-star review and we’re offering a meal at Cilantro in Edinburgh or at its...
Don’t Let Your Protection Fade This Winter – Get Vaccinated Now!
The winter vaccination programme is now underway and if you’re a frontline health (including Serco staff) or social care worker and have face-to-face contact...
