Scottish Health Awards 2020 – Nominate a Colleague or Team Today!

The Scottish Health Awards 2020 have been launched and the website is now live. There are 16 categories to choose from so if you...

Celebrating Our Nurses and Midwives

NHS Forth Valley Nurse Director, Professor Angela Wallace, paid tribute to the 3,000 plus nurses and midwives who work across NHS Forth Valley to...

Innovative Adaptations Increase Ventilator Capacity

Adaptations to existing medical equipment at Forth Valley Royal Hospital have seen 35 anaesthetic machines converted to ventilators. This has increased the hospital’s capacity...

Anne Bids Farewell

Anne Benton, Organisational Development Advisor, retired in April 2020, and her colleagues in NHS Forth Valley had planned a themed ‘retirement tea to remember!’...

Introducing our New Chair – Janie McCusker

Janie McCusker was appointed as the new Chair of NHS Forth Valley earlier this year and took up new post just when NHS services...

Staff Benefit from Local Support

Hundreds of staff have already taken up the offer of a wide range of support sessions which are being delivered by psychiatrists, spiritual care...

Digital Donations Help to Keep Patients Connected

Over the last few months NHS Forth Valley has received hundreds of generous donations to support local staff and patients during the pandemic. While the...

Local Staff Support the Louisa Jordan Hospital

Staff from NHS Forth Valley have volunteered to be part of the workforce providing vital care and support for Scotland’s new temporary hospital at...

Huge Rise in Video Consultations

Thousands of patients across Forth Valley have been able to continue to access expert health information and advice during the Covid-19 pandemic thanks to...

Pioneering Local Eye Project Rolled Out Across Scotland

A pioneering virtual emergency consultation programme for eye patients has been extended to potentially cover the whole of Scotland in response to the Covid-19...

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...

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...

Richard Retires after Four Decades of Nursing Care

A local staff nurse is heading for retirement after more than four decades of public service. Richard Milne, 65, worked at Clackmannanshire Community Healthcare Centre...