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The rise of the ‘selfie’ – a self-portrait photograph typically taken with a smart phone or hand held digital camera and sometimes uploaded on...

Win A Years Free Gym Membership! (Closed)

Open to NHS Forth Valley staff only!  Sunshine or no sunshine, it’s officially Summer, and that means the Commonwealth Games are coming to Scotland! With...

Meet Our New Family Nurse Team

Our new Family Nurse team, based in Clackmannanshire Community Healthcare Centre, is pictured at the start up of this important new service which aims...

West Highland Way – In a Day

The West Highland Way is a 96 mile route that starts at Milngavie, passes through Mugdock Country Park, follows the shores of Loch Lomond,...

Louise is Rising Star

Many congratulations to associate audiologist Louise Whitelaw, who has won a Rising Star Award at the Advancing Healthcare Awards. These UK wide awards recognise and...

Video Stars

As if it were needed – proof that our staff are superstars! Colleagues recently took part in shooting for a film about Person Centred Visiting...

Patient Management System Moves Forward

The Single Patient Management System (PMS) has moved a step closer with the recent move of waiting list and inpatients for acute specialities from...

Coffee Time

Another coffee addict, Assistant Finance Director Derrick Douglas has also retired. His farewell gifts included an apron and cap, courtesy of the coffee van...

Spain Here I Come!

November 20th 1972 was an auspicious date for Estates Services Manager Conrad Binnie, who has recently retired after more than 40 years service. That...

Wanted! Office Gardener

The early retirement of West of Scotland Regional Planning PA, Christine Livie, has led to a vacancy for an office gardener as Christine was...
Photo from left to right: Andrea Davidson, Lead General Practice Nurse (GPN), NHS Forth Valley, June Straight, GPN, Carronbank Medical Practice, Lesley Hamilton, Practice Manager, Carronbank Medical Practice, Beverley Birnie, Lead GPN, Carronbank Medical Practice, Jane Harris, Head of Programme, Workforce Education and Career Development, NHS Education for Health and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Neil Gray MSP.

Cabinet Secretary launches New Practice Nurse Publications at Carronbank

Neil Gray, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Neil Gray, formally launched two important publications at Carronbank Medical Practice. These publications focus...

Big Thanks for Generous Donations to Local Food Pantry

Huge thanks to local NHS staff and Serco colleagues who have donated food to the local KLSB (Keep Larbert and Stenhousemuir Beautiful) food pantry. There...

Win a Kindle 16Gb

This issue’s fantastic competition prize of a black 16Gb Kindle comes courtesy of staffbenefits.co.uk The Kindle 16 GB is Amazon's entry-level e-reader, offering a balance between...