Taking Time To Talk About Patient Safety
Patient Safety Conversation visits (PSCVs) are a great way for senior staff to discuss any quality or safety issues with frontline staff as well...
Farewell Message from Our Chief Residents
They say time flies when you’re having fun, but, it seems it also flies when you’re working in an increasingly pressured health service. It’s...
A Royal Invitation to Lunch
An email which arrived out of the blue resulted in two local staff being invited to lunch with HRH, The Princess Royal at Strathcarron...
Research Success for Bone Fracture Trial
Local staff have been praised for their success in recruiting patients to a new UK-wide clinical trial.
The ProFHER-2 study aims to assess how effective...
Warm Welcome to Our New Junior Doctors
A warm welcome to our new junior doctors who joined NHS Forth Valley in August 2022 after taking part in induction and shadowing opportunities.
This...
New Wellbeing Garden at the Bungalows
The Psychological Therapies team, who are based at the Bungalows in Larbert, received a Covid-19 response grant in October 2021 to help build a...
CMHT Say Farewell to Elaine
The Community Mental Health Team for Older Adults at Falkirk Community Hospital recently said a sad farewell to a lovely colleague Elaine Houston who...
Dead Exciting!
Two of our pathology colleagues, Amber Smith and Lynn Anderson, switched roles recently to become film extras for a day.
They joined a film crew...
Christine Signs Off With A Flourish
When senior dietitian Christine Christie retired recently after more than 35 years in NHS Forth Valley, she not only left with good wishes from...
From Fundraiser to Employee
Regular readers of Staff News may be familiar with the name of Paul McCaffery who has raised thousands of pounds for Cahonas, a Scottish...
Urology’s Mountain Mission
A team from the Urology Department at Forth Valley Royal Hospital embarked on a mountain mission to scale Ben Ledi in an effort to...
New NHS Career Ambassador Project Launched
A new project has been launched to make a real difference to the careers of students from a wide range of backgrounds, who may...
Jo’s Powerful Record
Jo Tolland may be best known as the Programme Director for our Culture Change and Compassionate Leadership Programme, coordinating a record number of focus...
