Pharmacies Offer More Treatments For Common Health Conditions
Pharmacies across Forth Valley are now offering over-the-counter treatment for several more common health conditions without the need for a prescription. Over the past year, more than 3,500 people have...
View ArticleCyber Attack Update
We would like to reassure all our patients and staff that NHS Forth Valley was largely unaffected by the cyber attack on Friday May 12. A small number of GP practices and a dental practice did...
View ArticleGet Tested For HIV and Hepatitis – Single Test and Better Treatment Available
Health experts in NHS Forth Valley are urging people who may have been at risk of contracting a blood-borne virus to have a confidential single finger-prick test which can detect Hepatitis C, Hepatitis...
View ArticleHolding Out For Local Heroes – Nominations Open for NHS Staff Awards
Have you been in hospital recently and received exceptional care? Or have you been impressed by outpatient treatment or the way you have been looked after at home? If so we would like to hear from you...
View ArticleStay With Me – New Initiative Aims to Support Patients With Dementia
Family members caring for patients with dementia at Forth Valley Royal Hospital are to be given extra support as part of a new project in Ward B21. Although NHS Forth Valley already operates flexible...
View ArticleCoping with Stress After a Major Incident
Following the recent tragic events in Manchester, the Scottish Government has made a number of resources available to assist those dealing with trauma. Entitled ‘Coping with Stress after a Major...
View ArticleFree Blood Pressure Checks for Clacks Residents
Free blood pressure checks are to be offered to people in Clackmannanshire at a health event in Sauchie Community Hall on Wednesday June 7th 2017. The checks are part of a presentation by the Stroke...
View ArticleStirling Care Village Designed To Be Dementia Friendly
A glimpse of what the new Stirling Care Village will look like, with its emphasis on being dementia friendly, has been revealed at a recent international masterclass on design for dementia and ageing....
View ArticleFree Blood Pressure Checks For Stirling Residents
Free blood pressure checks are to be offered to people in the Stirling area at a health event in Stirling Community Hospital on Wednesday June 14. The checks are part of a presentation by the Stroke...
View ArticleVolunteer For Medical Training
Junior doctors attending the Scottish Centre for Simulation and Clinical Human Factors, based at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, were surprised to find a real ‘live’ patient in the midst of the high-tech...
View ArticleFree Blood Pressure Checks For Falkirk Residents
Free blood pressure checks are to be offered to people in Falkirk and surrounding areas at a health event in the Council Chambers, Municipal Buildings, Falkirk on Tuesday June 20th 2017. The checks are...
View ArticleA Century and a Half of NHS Service
Four members of staff who worked in NHS Forth Valley’s Physiotherapy Department recently retired, after notching up a total of 150 years of service between them. Mary Ferguson who worked for NHS Forth...
View ArticleNHS Forth Valley Dietitian Awarded OBE
A NHS Forth Valley Dietitian has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2017 for services to Dietetics and Public Health. Morag MacKellar, who is NHS Forth Valley’s Allied Health...
View ArticleFirst Dog Days at Forth Valley Royal Hospital
The first four-legged friends to visit patients in Forth Valley Royal Hospital padded into Wards 4 and 5 in the Mental Health Unit to be met with smiles and affection. Jamie the whippet and Shadow the...
View ArticleNew Breastfeeding Welcome Scheme Launched
Hospitals and health centres across Forth Valley are to display window stickers and posters to let people know that breastfeeding is welcome at local healthcare facilities. The launch of the scheme...
View ArticleCycle Bus to and from Forth Valley Royal Hospital from the Larbert Area
Do you live in the Larbert area and work at Forth Valley Royal Hospital? Do you fancy a break from the car for the journey to work? If it’s a yes to both them we are running led rides each month to and...
View ArticleLast Chance to Nominate Your Local Health Heroes
People across Forth Valley are being encouraged to nominate their local health heroes for an NHS Forth Valley staff award before entries close on Monday 3rd July 2017. So if you or a family member has...
View ArticleMore Support For Bereaved Families
Parents coping with the loss of a baby will now be able to spend time with their little one in a newly refurbished bereavement room at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, designed to give them the space and...
View ArticleFalkirk Florist Backs Cervical Screening Campaign With Blooms
A well-known Falkirk florist has created a floral window display in a bid to get women talking about cervical screening. As part of Cervical Screening Awareness Week, (12- 18 June 2017), Ann Baff...
View ArticleNHS Forth Valley Named as Finalist in Scotland’s Dementia Awards
A project to improve the experience of people with dementia who require hospital care in NHS Forth Valley has been shortlisted in Scotland’s Dementia Awards and named as a finalist in the Acute Care...
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