Making The Most of Free Time

A ‘weel kent’ face in NHS Forth Valley, Staff Bank Service Manager Carol-Anne Cook, has taken early retirement after 39 years service with the...

New Personal Best In Ultimate Challenge

Violence and aggression trainer Bryan Grome clocked up a new personal best in the 55k Dunoon Ultra Marathon, crossing the finishing line in 6hrs,...

Beating Eating Disorders

Consultant psychiatrist Stephen Anderson went on the run through Glencoe recently to raise money for the charity BEAT which puts eating disorders into the...

Golden First For Forth Valley Royal

The environmental charity, Keep Scotland Beautiful, has presented Forth Valley Royal Hospital with a Gold level National Award for Environmental Excellence® - the first...

Cared For By Carrianne

Among the finalists at this year’s Butterfly Awards, which aims to recognise those who provide support following the loss of a baby, was NHS...

The Big Switch

The giant task of switching from paper health records to electronic in our outpatients departments earned local staff an invitation to the UK Public...

Glittering Achievement

NHS Forth Valley’s Equality and Diversity Manager, Lynn Waddell, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Scottish Diversity Awards. Attended by 400...

Knees Up

More help could be on the way for people with knee problems, thanks to a £75,000 award from the Health Foundation, which has been...

Research Success

The NHS Forth Valley Research and Development Committee hosted a very successful Research Day in the Learning Centre at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. Speakers...

Getting Forth Right

The current challenges in unscheduled care and efforts to try to resolve them were discussed at a staff engagement event to mark the launch...

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...