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Staff Events a Huge Success

The NHS Forth Valley staff event ‘Our Culture: Working Together to Make a Difference’ was voted a huge success by the 170 staff who...

Fun and Games for CADS

This is team CADStastic which includes nursing staff, a student and a psychiatrist. They work in Community Alcohol and Drugs Service (CADS) South. The team...

UK First for Dementia Research

Health professionals in Forth Valley have become the first in the UK to recruit participants to a clinical trial which could track cognitive changes...

Party Time for the Platinum Jubilee

There’s nothing like a party for lifting spirits, and patients, staff and service users in a number or areas across Forth Valley celebrated The...

New Service for Better Bone Health

A new service has recently been launched in NHS Forth Valley for people suffering with Osteoporosis. It provides DXA scans locally, face to face and...

New Director Of Nursing Appointed

Following a competitive recruitment process which attracted a high calibre of senior nursing candidates from across the country, Professor Frances Dodd has been appointed...

Mobile CT Scanner Welcomed

A new mobile CT scanning unit, which has recently been installed outside Forth Valley Royal Hospital to increase capacity and reduce waiting times for...

Helen Retires After Four Decades of Nursing

After 41 years with the NHS, Helen Berrie has retired from district nursing. Helen started her nursing career in 1981, working in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary...

Golden Win for Katrina

Hot on the heels of Vicky Wright who won an Olympic gold for curling, another NHS Forth Valley nurse has triumphed with a Gold...

Fellowship Award Supports Research on Psychological Therapies

Clinical Psychologist Dr Edel McGlanaghy, who works with Adult Psychological Therapies in Falkirk, has been awarded a NRS Career Researcher Fellowship. This allows her to...

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...