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...
Let’s Talk About SX – New Project To Promote Sexual Health
A new project, funded by NHS Forth Valley, aims to challenge the health inequalities facing gay and bisexual men.
Delivered by Waverley Care, Scotland's HIV and...
Full Steam Ahead – With TrakCare
TrakCare, the new patient information system which will replace three key systems within our organisation – Topas, eWARD and eDIS - is now moving...
Would You Credit It?
The NHS Credit Union which offers a secure home for savings and access to affordable loans for around 17,500 staff from Shetland to Sheffield,...
Leeanne Is A Shining Example
Leeanne Darrien, who is currently working in the Department of Clinical Health Psychology at Falkirk Community Hospital, is participating in a new Graduate Trainee...
New Job Opportunities For Youngsters With Learning Disabilities
Job opportunities for 11 young people with learning disabilities are being provided at Forth Valley Royal Hospital as part of a scheme known as...
Bid To Reduce Suicide
All NHS staff are to receive training to help reduce the number of suicides by 20% over the next four years. The move is...
Curling Champion Turns Commentator – Vicky Makes BBC debut
Many of us who watched the recent Winter Olympics may have spotted local nurse and Olympic Gold Medallist Vicky Wright (now Drummond) as part...
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...
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...
