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Hush a Bye Baby

Babies in the neonatal unit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital can now get used to travelling in a car before they leave hospital –...

RCN Fellowship for Sandra

Congratulations to Sandra Campbell - NHS Forth Valley’s Nurse Consultant for Cancer and Palliative Care – who has been recognised for her work with...

New Medical Director

Tracey Gillies has been appointed as the new NHS Forth Valley Medical Director. She is currently Medical Director of Acute Services at NHS Lothian...

Sing A Lullaby

The Women and Children’s Unit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital is bursting into song. More than 20 members of staff are now giving voice...

Giving People With Communication Difficulties A Voice

NHS Forth Valley’s Speech and Language Therapists supported the ‘Giving Voice’ campaign earlier this year by holding two all-day events - one at Forth...

Loose Change Adds Up

Staff using the restaurant at Forth Valley Royal Hospital are among the many customers who help raise money for charity, by popping their loose...

Shining the Light on Hand Hygiene

The Infection Control Team hosted an event to tie in with the World Health Organisation’s ‘Hand Hygiene Day’ in May 2014. Over two study sessions...

Planning Ahead for Dementia

Final year nursing student Kirsty Swords, has scored considerable success with her ideas on advance care planning for people diagnosed with dementia. Kirsty, who is...

Priorities for Next Year

An Annual Plan for 2014/15 has been produced which sets out our key plans and priorities for the year ahead. It also highlights our...

Thumbs Up for Electronic Document Transfer (EDT)

Fourteen GP practices are now receiving Emergency Department (ED) discharge letters electronically as part of a pilot project. The system has received a big...
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...