Connecting With Staff

More effective ways of providing advice and guidance to staff and managers have been developed by the operational HR department led by Service Manager...

Open All Hours – 7 Day Working In Microbiology Labs

Biomedical science is a biology and chemistry-related discipline used mostly in healthcare laboratories to identify, research, monitor and treat diseases. As one of the...

Jean Scores A Century

Taking each day as it comes has been the secret of a long and happy life, according to a patient who recently celebrated her...

RVS Say Thanks For New Cafe

A ceremony took place recently to thank the local organisations whose generous donations have helped transform the Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) cafe at Stirling...

Good Health Is Wealth

A timeline through the decades was just one of the ‘attractions’ at Forth Valley Royal Hospital to celebrate National Nurses Day. The theme for...

On Yer Bike In Traffic

Need the confidence to cycle in traffic? Three of our staff took part in an essential cycling skills training course designed to give participants practical...

Sculpt Your Body

It is fun, super quick and effective, and designed to shape and sculpt the body and lead to rapid weight loss. It’s known as...

Graven Images

Gravestones may not be the usual source of inspiration for budding photographers. Indeed cemeteries are often somewhat ignored by people despite loved ones and...

Blind Chef Cooks Up A First

In what is believed to be the first course of its kind in Scotland, a blind chef has started to offer cookery lessons to...

Spreading The Word

A member of staff, who is Mum to a young boy with a rare genetic mutation, was invited to go to Westminster to talk...

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...