Diagnosing Skin Cancer in 25 minutes by 2025
Lead Consultant Dermatologist Dr Colin Morton, speaking at a recent virtual event on healthcare innovation, outlined ambitious plans to achieve a quick diagnosis for...
Collecting for Covid-19
This may seem a very strange thing to be writing about under the current circumstances, but bear with me.
How will we look back on...
Rachael SMILES for family cycling challenge
Spare a thought for Rachael Angus–Felton, Medical Rota Co-ordinator within the Women and Children’s Directorate, who, together with her husband Ian and sons Alex...
Blood Bikes Bonanza
Thanks to a magnificent fund raising effort by the Discharge Lounge team at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, more than £1000 has been raised for...
Bubbles and Balloons for Health Visitor Helen
Health Visitor Helen Mason recently celebrated 40 years’ service with the NHS after a nursing career which began in adult nursing in Sheffield, followed...
Sweet Dreams are Made of This
Many people are feeling anxious during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and sleep is one of the first things to be affected.
So if you or...
Help Save the Life of a Missing Person
NHS Forth Valley and Police Scotland have joined forces in a scheme to help trace vulnerable missing patients, such as those with dementia.
It is...
A Fond Farewell to Kim
Kim Conroy, a District Nurse team leader, retired in January 2021 after a whopping 41 years’ service!
Kim started her nursing career in 1979 as...
Lyn’s Sweet Treats are Gone
Remember medical secretary Lyn Barron, who featured recently in Staff News for her skills in making tablet which she brought in every week to...
New Urgent Care Centre Opens
A new Urgent Care Centre has opened at Forth Valley Royal Hospital to support national changes to the way people access A&E services across...
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...
