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Increasing Capacity At Forth Valley Royal Hospital

Work is moving on apace to deliver a new £17m investment plan designed to increase capacity and reduce waiting times. A new MRI scanner,...

Ouch! Gary Learns The Hard Way

Another type of hair removal also raised a substantial amount for charity, £660 for Srathcarron Hospice. But it was a more painful experience for...

Brave The Shave For Cancer Support

Three nursing assistants in Ward B11 at Forth Valley Royal Hospital recently braved the shave to raise £1,500 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Barbara Spiers, Lorrayne...

Death Certification Training For Doctors

Doctors in Scotland are being encouraged to complete two e-learning modules on death certification. The modules, which have been produced by NHS Education for Scotland...

New Films Support Conversations About Death

Five new animated films have been produced by NES Scotland to support staff providing end of life and bereavement care. Each animation deals with...

Remembering Pat Beausang

A memorial plaque was recently unveiled in the Lecture Theatre at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in honour of Dr Pat Beausang who died in...

Chris Opens The Box On Retirement

As retirements go, it was something of a surprise – a large cardboard box! But a peep inside revealed a cornucopia of goodies much...

McCOO Makeover In ICU

The artist behind the popular ‘McCoos’, Steven Brown, popped into Forth Valley Royal Hospital recently to officially open two family rooms in the Intensive...

Organ Donation Registration Boost

The number of people signing the organ donation register in Forth Valley has increased substantially. More than 35,000 people have added their names over...

Musical Moneymakers For Urology

Picking up a bass guitar after almost 40 years proved a money spinner for John MacPherson from Alloa. He joined forces with a former...

Win one of 20 Overnight Stays at the Gleneagles Hotel

As a thank you to NHS staff, Gleneagles Hotel has again kindly provided 20 gift vouchers entitling two people to bed and breakfast at...

Record Amount Raised for Children in Need

A number of events and fundraising activities took place at Forth Valley Royal Hospital and other sites to help raise money for Children in...

ReACH team use iMatter to raise money for Macmillan

The ReACH team in Clackmannanshire and Stirling used this year’s iMatter team action plan session to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. They used the...