News

Improving Care for Cancer Patients

The ‘moments that matter’ to cancer patients – such as good communication and support – have been explored at a two day event at...

Moving Forward With Patient Flow

The summer issue of Staff News highlighted a new three year patient flow project which we are taking forward in partnership with the Boston-based...

New Regional Endoscopy Unit Opens

The new regional Endoscopy Unit at Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline was officially opened recently by Alex Neil, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing. As well...

Lanarkshire Beatson Ground Breaking

Work on the Lanarkshire Beatson  a new £22m radiotherapy centre for the West of Scotland  is now underway and to celebrate the start of...

Spread Fun Not Flu

Hundreds of brightly-coloured posters have been appearing in buildings across Forth Valley including schools, health centres, community pharmacies and libraries, to highlight the start...

New Campaign Highlights Silent Disease

Staff and patients joined together to urge people who think they may have been at risk of contracting Hep C to come forward and...

Transforming the Lives of Diabetes Patients

Community dietitians have been working with patients with diabetes and have reported big successes in weight management.  A pilot project has seen individuals shed...

Take it Right Outside

Health promotion staff  were on hand in the atrium at Forth Valley Royal Hospital to support a campaign designed to drive home the harm...

Electronic Prescribing

NHS Forth Valley is moving ahead to implement electronic prescribing             (HEPMA) across all hospitals in Forth Valley. This is an exciting development and the...

Best for Bowels

GPs are now able to see bowel screening results electronically, thanks to improved communication between the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme and primary care. In the...

Improvement Academy Impact Afternoon

Every year, the Improvement Academy celebrates the achievements of its graduates by showcasing their improvement work. This year, the team has uploaded a collection...

Driving Down Waste and Carbon Emissions

NHS Forth Valley is committed to meeting the national NHS Scotland target of achieving Net Zero emissions by 2040. Raching this ambitious goal will...

Leading Transformative Simulation on the International Stage

NHS Forth Valley’s innovative simulation work has been in the spotlight across Europe in recent months, with invitations to present at several major international...