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Fight Flu – Get Vaccinated

A major campaign is under way to encourage our healthcare workers to get vaccinated against flu. New myth-busting posters featuring staff members have been...

Mending Hearts from Every Angle

The Cardiology team at Forth Valley Royal Hospital has been awarded the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh’s inaugural William Cullen prize for excellence...

Learn About Life Saving Skills

Dave Williams is the new Lead Resuscitation Officer at NHS Forth Valley, bringing with him a wealth of experience from his previous roles as...

Medical Wards Switch to HePMA

Six medical wards at Forth Valley Royal Hospital have become the latest areas to successfully rollout HePMA, a new electronic prescribing system. HePMA (Hospital Electronic...

New Faces

Look out for some new faces, with the next intake of Modern Apprentices due to start shortly. It follows a successful programme in 2015/16...

Listening to Deaf People

Deaf people in Forth Valley are getting an extra helping hand, thanks to Administrator Co-ordinator Stacey Gourlay, who works with the Disability Equality and...

Centralised Booking for Language Service

A streamlined service for patients who require language support when attending community or outpatient appointments or those coming into hospital has been redesigned in...

Healthy Working Lives – Working for You

What do YOU know about Healthy Working Lives?  You may have noticed an invitation on the Intranet to take part in the Big Health...

Brave the Shave

Well done and congratulations to two of our staff who ‘braved the shave’. Karen Kerr, housekeeper in Ward 1 at Clackmannanshire Community Healthcare Centre, raised...

Less Need for Needles

Research carried out at Forth Valley Royal Hospital by one of our surgical specialists Dr Subodh Seth and colleagues Dr Raj Burgul and Dr...

Improvement Academy Impact Afternoon

Every year, the Improvement Academy celebrates the achievements of its graduates by showcasing their improvement work. This year, the team has uploaded a collection...

Driving Down Waste and Carbon Emissions

NHS Forth Valley is committed to meeting the national NHS Scotland target of achieving Net Zero emissions by 2040. Raching this ambitious goal will...

Leading Transformative Simulation on the International Stage

NHS Forth Valley’s innovative simulation work has been in the spotlight across Europe in recent months, with invitations to present at several major international...