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Derek Retires With A Smile

A man whose work to reduce dental decay has led to thousands of local children being spared unnecessary anaesthetics and extractions over the years...

Monumental Effort of Mental Health Team

Buoyed up by the Proclaimers anthem “I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more” – an NHS Forth Valley mental health...

International Recognition

A Falkirk-based mental health football team, run in partnership with NHS Forth Valley Occupational Therapists, Caledonia Services and Stenhousemuir Football Club was recently featured...

Sweet Memories at Bo’ness

Patients in Ward 2 at Bo’ness Hospital can now take a step back in time, thanks to the work of these volunteers from Denny...

We Have Lift Off

Patients, staff and visitors to Forth Valley Royal Hospital can’t help but notice the latest colourful additions to some of the lift doors. A...

Wish You Were Here

Forth Valley GP, Dr Lynsay Crawford and her team became stars of the show at a recent recruitment event for GPs. The so-called ‘speed...

New GP Practice For Plean

A new GP practice has opened in Plean, the first time that the village has had its own health centre and not been a...

Big Increase In Research

The number of clinical studies and trials taking place in NHS Forth Valley has increased sevenfold in the last 15 years from 32 in...

Eye To The Future

The use of technology is delivering quicker treatment for local patients who present with eye problems following an injury or accident. It involves a...

Major Art Project Completed At Stirling Health And Care Village

The finishing strokes have now been applied to a major arts project stretching across the new Stirling Health and Care Village. The first stage of...
Photo from left to right: Andrea Davidson, Lead General Practice Nurse (GPN), NHS Forth Valley, June Straight, GPN, Carronbank Medical Practice, Lesley Hamilton, Practice Manager, Carronbank Medical Practice, Beverley Birnie, Lead GPN, Carronbank Medical Practice, Jane Harris, Head of Programme, Workforce Education and Career Development, NHS Education for Health and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Neil Gray MSP.

Cabinet Secretary launches New Practice Nurse Publications at Carronbank

Neil Gray, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Neil Gray, formally launched two important publications at Carronbank Medical Practice. These publications focus...

Big Thanks for Generous Donations to Local Food Pantry

Huge thanks to local NHS staff and Serco colleagues who have donated food to the local KLSB (Keep Larbert and Stenhousemuir Beautiful) food pantry. There...

Win a Kindle 16Gb (Closed)

This issue’s fantastic competition prize of a black 16Gb Kindle comes courtesy of staffbenefits.co.uk The Kindle 16 GB is Amazon's entry-level e-reader, offering a balance between...