Extra Support for People With Arthritis
Clackmannanshire and Stirling Health and Social Care Partnership has been awarded a grant from Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s ihub Improvement Fund. The fund supports services to test and develop...
View ArticleNew ‘Pop Up’ Helps Patients Relive Their Past
Those visiting Ward 4 at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, may be surprised to come across a garden shed complete with potting bench, retro radio and various garden tools, as they make their way down one of...
View ArticleUpdate on plans for Dr Stirling & Partners Medical Practice, Alloa
In Feb 2018, NHS Forth Valley announced that it would take over responsibility for running Dr Stirling & Partners Medical Practice following confirmation that the majority of the existing GPs...
View ArticlePioneering Nursing Partnership
In what is seen as a landmark development for the nursing profession, the latest partnership at Dr Whitelaw and Partners within Meadowbank Health Centre in Polmont has been taken up by an Advanced...
View ArticleWall of Wellbeing – New Films to be Shown at Forth Valley Royal Hospital
The front of Forth Valley Royal Hospital, which has been turned into a giant cinema screen to spread health messages, will be showing a new film compilation later this year. This year’s topics include...
View ArticleNew State of The Art MRI Suite Unveiled
Patients across Forth Valley are now being seen within a newly refurbished MRI suite at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. The suite contains a new state-of-the-art £1million specialist scanner, a backlit...
View ArticleService User Representatives Sought for Integration Joint Board
People across Clackmannanshire and Stirling council areas who regularly use health and social care services are being invited to make their voices heard over how local care should be delivered in...
View ArticleCare Village Highlighted in new Infrastructure Plan
£3 billion of new infrastructure built The Queensferry Crossing, a new hospital and major motorway improvements are among £3 billion worth of infrastructure projects completed in Scotland last year....
View ArticleLOOKING OUT FOR LOCAL HEALTH HEROES
Have you been in hospital recently and received exceptional care? Or have you been impressed by the treatment you received at an outpatient clinic or the healthcare you received at home? If so, NHS...
View ArticleBaby Friendly Is Best – Top Award for Forth Valley’s Health Visiting Service
The number of women in Forth Valley who are breastfeeding at six weeks after giving birth has increased by more than 5% and helped earn NHS Forth Valley’s community health visiting service a...
View ArticleGo-Ahead for Doune Health Centre – Work Starts Soon
Construction work is set to start soon on a new health centre in Doune, following approval of detailed plans. A Full Business Case for the £2.7million development has been given the green light by the...
View ArticlePlean Parkrun To Mark NHS 70th Birthday With Celebration Event 9th June
Plean parkrun at Plean Country Park will be one of hundreds of parkruns around the UK to host a special NHS birthday celebration event on Saturday 9 June. The initiative, known as parkrun for the NHS,...
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New Red Walking Frames To Help Patients With Dementia
Brightly coloured walking frames will soon be appearing in wards across Forth Valley, thanks to a new initiative. The red frames are easier for patients with dementia to see than the traditional grey...
View ArticleNew Electric Bike Scheme To Link With Forth Valley Royal Hospital
Forth Valley Royal Hospital is one of a number of locations set to benefit from a new £35,0000 e-bike scheme which will see 100 fully electric bikes made available at key locations across Forth Valley...
View ArticleForth Valley Play Mentors Celebrate Success
Nine successful graduates of the Play Mentor programme celebrated with family and friends recently at an awards ceremony at Forth Valley College Alloa campus. Play Mentor, which is managed by the NHS...
View ArticleEvent Aims To Help People Live Well In Falkirk
Hints and tips on how to stay well and live independently will be explained at a forthcoming meeting at 7pm on Tuesday 19th June at the Forth Valley Sensory Centre in Camelon. Topics covered will...
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NHS Forth Valley Nurse Receives OBE for Services to Learning Disability
Allison Ramsay, NHS Forth Valley’s former lead nurse for Learning Disability Services, has been awarded an OBE for services to learning disability nursing in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list....
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More Support For Mental Health In GP Practices
A service which offers more support for patients with mild to moderate mental health problems has begun to operate in several GP practices across Clackmannanshire and Falkirk West. In a move which is...
View ArticleNHS Forth Valley Strikes Gold
NHS Forth Valley has become one of only two healthcare organisations in the UK to achieve a gold Investors in People award. It follows a three year rolling assessment across all services in the...
View ArticleHealth and Social Care Integration Moves Forward in Clackmannanshire and...
Plans to progress the integration of local health and social care services were outlined at a recent meeting of the Clackmannanshire and Stirling Integration Joint Board (IJB). Local learning...
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