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Capacity to Care – Are You Up For The Challenge?

Two new challenges have been launched to encourage staff, primary care colleagues and social care partners across Forth Valley to make changes that will...

Caring Fellows

A pilot scheme has been launched in parts of Forth Valley to help frail, elderly patients and those with complex health problems avoid being...

Transplant Success

A great deal of effort by the multidisciplinary renal team resulted in 20 Forth Valley residents receiving kidney transplants in 2015 – the highest...

Smoking at Home – The Damage Is Clear

Do you or someone you know smoke? Do you want to find out how smoking in the home can damage your health?  Air quality...

The BIG Staff Health Quiz Winners

There was a huge response to the recent Big Staff Health Quiz with no less than 767 staff trying to win one of the...

Stacey’s Proudest Moment

Local Surveillance Data Manager Stacey McPherson is waiting to hear whether her ten year old son Calum will win a major charity award after...

First Class Delivery

Three local women from Clackmannanshire were the first in Scotland to take delivery of new baby boxes as part of a new Scottish Government...

Pretty Muddy

Staff from Ward B32 at Forth Valley Royal Hospital got themselves a bit down and dirty recently, all in the name of charity. The team,...

New Head of Nursing

Patrick Rafferty, Programme Manager for the Institute of Healthcare Optimization (IHO) patient flow project has been appointed as Head of Nursing for the Medical...

Makeover for Family Bereavement Room

The Family Bereavement room in the Women and Children’s Unit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital is to get a major make-over with the help...

Balfron Health Centre Team Attend Royal Garden Party

Staff from Balfron Health Centre were honoured to be invited to this year’s Royal Garden Party at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh. The Garden Party is...

Inspiring the Next Generation of Healthcare Professionals

Staff from across NHS Forth Valley attended a Healthcare Careers Event for senior secondary pupils at Forth Valley College’s Falkirk Campus. Nurses, doctors and AHPs...

Tackling the Kiltwalk for Claire

A team of nurses from Forth Valley Royal Hospital will be lacing up their walking boots this September to take part in the Mighty...