Technology Enabled Care
Staff from across Forth Valley gathered at a recent event to hear about a wide range of technological developments which are improving the care...
EBOLA – On the Front Line
Staff News interviewed Emergency Consultant Dr Roger Alcock just before he travelled to Sierra Leone to help tackle the Ebola crisis. Now back from...
Molly Tackles Marathon
Among those cheering the runners in this year’s London Marathon will be Consultant Urological Surgeon Mr James Tweedle. Despite being confined to a wheelchair...
Fighting Sepsis
A whopping £1,500 plus was raised by staff from our Acute Assessment Unit and Clinical Assessment Unit at a charity event to help cut...
Remembering Jim
Colleagues from across the organisation attended the funeral of one of NHS Forth Valley’s most popular staff members Jim Sinclair, the former General Manager...
Palliative Care Pioneer Retires
Dr Fiona Downs, a pioneering consultant who helped set up the Palliative Care Team in NHS Forth Valley, recently retired from her role at...
Running in Memory of Tom
For the past few months, NHS Forth Valley Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr Sally Rankine and her son, Alex, have been struggling to spend time...
New ALFY Service Helps Patients Remain Well at Home
Staff from NHS Forth Valley have been working with colleagues at Falkirk Council to develop a new service in Bo’ness to help support people...
Update on Clinical Services Review
At the end of last year we launched a major review of health services across Forth Valley to help develop a new healthcare strategy...
Everyone Matters – Something Different
We asked for feedback on the quality and value of the current process for conducting KSF Personal Development Planning Reviews (PDPRs) and the recording...
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...
