Game of A Lifetime

A Falkirk based mental health football team, run in partnership with NHS Forth Valley, Caledonia Services and Stenhousemuir Football Club, were given a rare opportunity...

Bucket Loads of Fun

Our Health Promotion service has been helping Clackmannanshire  nurseries and primary schools enjoy bucket loads of fun through the Play Mentor programme which they...

Thank You For Your Long Service

Around 90 of our staff with a total of 2590 years service between them, received a Long Service Award after achieving 20, 30 or...

Win A Fantastic Loch Side Lodge Stay For Four (Closed)

NHS Forth Valley’s Staff News has teamed up with Loch Katrine Camping to offer one lucky staff member a chance to win a ‘Stay...

Art For Oncology

Two illustrators with very different styles, Liz Myhill and Adrian McMurchie, have had their rough sketches (seen here) put before patients, visitors and staff...

Fiona Is Busier Than Ever

There’ll be no carpet slippers and putting her feet up for former Director of Finance, Fiona Ramsay, who retired recently. Her schedule is going...

New State Of The Art Scanner

A new state-of-the-art MRI scanner was recently delivered to Forth Valley Royal Hospital. The one million pound piece of equipment was carefully craned into...

Hello Robert Goodbye Tom

NHS Forth Valley has a new Employee Director, Robert Clarke, who has taken over from Tom Hart who retired recently. Robert began his career in...

Partners In Practice

In what is seen as a key breakthrough for the nursing profession, the latest partnership at Dr Whitelaw and Partners within Meadowbank Health Centre...

Colin Calls It A Day

After a long and varied career including GP practice and a stint in Australia, Dr Colin Crawford has retired from his post as Consultant...

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...