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Funding Boost for Children’s Area at the Meadows
Forth Valley Police Division has donated £3,000 from their Community Partnership Fund to the Meadows to help purchase toys and equipment for the children’s area. The Meadows, which is located in one of...
View ArticleTop Medical Honour for NHS Forth Valley Haematologist
NHS Forth Valley Consultant Haematologist, Dr Roddy Neilson has been appointed a Queen’s Honorary Physician (QHP) by the Army. He’s believed to be the first haematologist to be appointed to this role....
View ArticlePrestigious environmental award for Forth Valley Royal Hospital
The green credentials surrounding the development of Forth Valley Royal Hospital have been recognised by a national organisation dedicated to making places good for both people and wildlife. Building...
View ArticleEye To The Future – Technology Delivers Quicker Patient Treatment
The use of technology is delivering quicker treatment for NHS Forth Valley patients who present with eye problems following an injury or accident. It involves using a bespoke combination of a slit lamp...
View ArticleForth Valley Diabetes Trial Hailed A Success
A pioneering diabetes trial in Forth Valley has been highlighted a success by Diabetes UK. The DiRECT study – a trial funded by Diabetes UK and led by experts at Glasgow and Newcastle Universities,...
View ArticleCharity Donates First Machines In Scotland To Help Detect Heart Defects
Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert has received an additional 5 new pulse oximetry machines, thanks to the generous support of Tiny Tickers, a charity that aims to give a better start to tiny...
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Physiotherapy Success in Forth Valley GP Practices
A two year study carried out at two GP practices in Forth Valley, where physiotherapists are a first line of contact for musculoskeletal conditions rather than a GP, has declared the service a success...
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Lessons in Mental Health in the Falkirk Area
Training courses in mental health first aid have been delivered by NHS Forth Valley in six secondary schools in the Falkirk area, with pupils reporting increased skills and confidence in recognising...
View ArticleSweet Memories at Bo’ness Community Hospital
Patients in Ward 2 at Bo’ness Hospital can now take a step back in time, thanks to the work of volunteers from Denny and Bonnybridge Men’s Shed. They’ve converted a summer house at the bottom of the...
View ArticleApple appeal for local patients
Health professionals at NHS Forth Valley are appealing to the public to donate unused or unwanted Apple iPod shuffle devices to help with a new project Music with Meaning. The new project is a...
View ArticleNew app can help manage skin conditions at the touch of a button
A new app which could save patients with skin conditions having to go to hospital for follow-up appointments is about to be launched in NHS Forth Valley. It will enable a number of patients to link...
View ArticleSeven Fold Increase In Research In NHS Forth Valley
The number of clinical studies and trials taking place in NHS Forth Valley has increased sevenfold in the last 15 years from 32 in 2004 to 210 in 2018. They include input into a number of national...
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Major Art Project completed at new Care Village
The finishing strokes have now been applied to a major arts project stretching across two buildings at the Stirling Health and Care Village – the GP and Minor Injuries Centre and the Bellfield Centre....
View ArticleNew Childhood Immunisation Clinics For Stirling Area
Childhood immunisations at specialist vaccination clinics are set to be rolled out across the Stirling area this summer following a successful pilot scheme in Clackmannanshire. This saw babies/children...
View ArticleFamily and Friends Celebrate Play Mentor Success
Twelve young women from Clackmannanshire Secondary Schools celebrated their successful completion of a Play Mentor programme with family, friends and well wishers at a celebration in Alloa Town Hall on...
View ArticleStaff at flagship Bellfield Centre ensure people are in caring hands
Stirling’s new Bellfield Centre is in caring hands thanks to the hard work and dedication of its staff to get it fully operational. Since it opened, staff have gone above and beyond the call of duty to...
View ArticleRoyal Recognition For Rita
One of the recipients of this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours is NHS Forth Valley’s Deputy Nurse Director, Rita Ciccu Moore, who has been awarded an MBE for services to nursing and to the NHS Forth...
View ArticleFirst Project SEARCH cohort graduate
Young people with additional support needs in the Falkirk area who are on the hunt to find a job with the help of DFN Project SEARCH – have graduated from their one year internship programme at Forth...
View ArticleNHS Forth Valley sets out future plans and priorities
Action to reduce inequalities and improve access to services will be taken forward over the next year as part of wider plans to improve health and care across Forth Valley. NHS Forth Valley’s Annual...
View ArticleNew operating theatre will help reduce waiting times
The first of two additional operating theatres will open at Forth Valley Royal Hospital on Monday 24th June 2019 as part of a major new plan to increase diagnostic, surgical and inpatient capacity....
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