Mental Health Student Nurse Shortlisted For National Award
At the end of April 2022, nursing student Catherine Watson, is travelling to London to meet a panel of judges, after being shortlisted for...
Theatre Scrub Amnesty – Please Return Your Raspberry Scrubs!
The Theatre Department is urging all staff to check their homes and return any raspberry colour scrubs that may be lying around in laundry...
Steffani wins National Pharmacy Award
Congratulations to Steffani (Steff) Beaton, Senior Pharmacy Technician, who won the Katherine Miles Outstanding Contribution to Pharmacy Award at the recent Association of Pharmacy...
Outstanding Success for Mental Health
Congratulations to the NHS Forth Valley mental health nurse therapist team from Behavioural Psychotherapy who are celebrating a clutch of successes at the Scottish...
Vicky Receives a Hero’s Welcome
Olympic gold medallist curler Vicky Wright received a hero’s welcome when she returned to ward B11 to start her first shift after her recent...
Helen Retires From Pharmacy After 50 Years
Video messages from as far afield as Texas helped mark the retirement of a pharmacy technician after more than 50 years of working with...
ICU Patients Get a Helping Hand From RITA
Thanks to funding from the Organ Donation Committee, a new piece of equipment is now available in the Intensive Care Unit at Forth Valley...
Learning Disability Nurses Celebrate Successes
Despite the challenges of Covid-19, Learning Disability nurses – who say they’re not the best at showcasing their work - are reporting considerable success...
Meet the Final Three Speak Up Advocates
In the last two issues of Staff News we highlighted out new Speak Up Service and introduced our two new Speak Up Ambassadors and...
Farewell to our Longest Serving Anaesthetist
Colleagues bid a fond farewell to our longest serving Consultant Anaesthetist, Dr Colin Lang, who recently retired having worked in Forth Valley for more...
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...
