Jean’s Green Future
Famed for her green fingers and her ability to grow fruit and vegetables, Staff Nurse Jean Armstrong, who retired recently from the Dental Department,...
Mary Moves On
Colleagues gathered together recently to say farewell to eHealth Manager, Mary Cameron, who recently retired after nearly 24 years with NHS Forth Valley.
Mary joined...
No More ‘Big Headaches’
Dr Ishaq Abu-Arafeh, Consultant Paediatrician has retired after more than 20 years with NHS Forth Valley.
He first joined as a locum at Stirling Royal...
Victor Packs Up His Kettle
Staff in the dental department said goodbye to Senior Chief Dental Technician Victor Arthur who retired after more than 40 years in the health...
International Award
Congratulations to John Camilleri Brennan, Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon and his team, who were awarded the prize for the best e-poster in perioperative...
Senior Dietitian Awarded OBE
A senior dietitian with NHS Forth Valley has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2017, for services to dietetics and public...
Winning Posters
NHS Forth Valley won two of the seven poster categories at the recent NHS Scotland Event at the SECC in Glasgow and were finalists in another two...
Outstanding Educators
Congratulations to Behavioural Psychotherapist Ivor Smith, who won ‘Educator of the Year’ at the recent Student Nursing Times Awards. Ivor combines his NHS work...
Better Every Day – Celebrating Success
In our Quality Strategy we have made a commitment to delivering improvements in a number of key strategic areas.
This included delivering the goal of...
Crucial Accountability Training
Our most talked about and highly valued training this year has been ‘Crucial Accountability’. This is a straightforward, step-by-step process for identifying and resolving...
Curling Champion Turns Commentator – Vicky Makes BBC debut
Many of us who watched the recent Winter Olympics may have spotted local nurse and Olympic Gold Medallist Vicky Wright (now Drummond) as part...
Robert Digs in for Retirement
After 41 years of working for the NHS, Robert Clark is looking forward to a well-earned retirement. However, unlike many people, instead of putting...
Plans to Introduce Robotic Assisted Surgery
Having secured £2.5 million of Scottish Government funding, NHS Forth Valley has approved plans to introduce Robotic Assisted Surgery (RAS), a development that has...
