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...
They’re A Knockout
This multidisciplinary team from Ward A11 entered into the spirit of ‘It’s a Knockout’ at Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, and raised well over £1,300....
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...
