From The Archive

From The Archive

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...

Keeping History Alive

Two of our health records staff were invited to take a peep into the past recently when they viewed a different type of record...

All In A Days Work

When you visit the occupational health department for your flu immunisation this year, you’ll see a fascinating glimpse of the world of work in...

6,700 Years of Caring

More than 250 staff with a total of 6730 years of service between them have received Long Service Awards from NHS Forth Valley. They...

Staff Awards Attract Huge Response

Nominations have been flooding in for this year’s Staff Awards. More than 200 were received during the first week alone and the final number...

Sisters Run for SiMBA

Despite hot weather, three sisters, two of whom work at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, completed the Edinburgh Half Marathon, smashing their target to raise...