Everyone CAN Work
New Graduate Traineeship programme for disabled people
Linda Penn, who is currently working with the Organisational Development Team at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, is...
Health and Safety – Everyone’s Business
In the Autumn issue of Staff News we focused on how health and safety is everyone’s business. This time we highlight the role that...
Helping Bring Cancer Down to Size
NHS Forth Valley has been highlighting the ways in which staff are helping turn Scotland’s Big C into the wee c. As part of...
Lyndsay’s Significant Achievement
Many congratulations to Lyndsay Knowles, who took up a health visitor post in Grangemouth when she completed her training. Lindsay has been awarded the...
Back to Nature
Have you visited outpatient area 3 at Stirling Community Hospital recently? The walls are now sporting new artwork showing leaves, trees and branches, designed...
Hats Off to Lyn and Judith
A chance conversation at a wedding between Lyn Donnelly, a healthcare assistant at Cornton Vale Prison and Judith Rooney, a manager in the Women...
French Connection
The plight of Syrian and other refugees fleeing war, and living in camps near Calais, prompted Dr Sonia Allam, a consultant anaesthetist at Forth...
Drop-In Clinics a Success
Drop-in cervical screening clinics for NHS and Serco staff were declared a ‘great success’ with 29 women attending during a week-long pilot arranged to...
Thumbs Up for Drymen Doctor
In December 2015, Dr Waqar Cheema rose to the challenge of taking over a single handed GP practice in Drymen, which had been managed...
Puppy Love
Colleagues from across Forth Valley met up to say farewell to James Cassidy, Service Manager for Community Health Services in Falkirk, who recently retired...
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...
