Temporary Covid-19 Mobile Testing Centre – Clackmannanshire
A mobile testing centre for Covid-19 will be at Sauchie Hall for three days in response to the growing number of positive test cases in Clackmannanshire. The testing centre is located in the hall on...
View ArticleOpportunity for rural communities to shape future health and care provision
Clackmannanshire and Stirling Health and Social Partnership (HSCP) is to ask communities in rural southwest Stirling for their views on the delivery of community health and care models. The HSCP, which...
View ArticleCollege plays key role in the fight against the virus
COVID-19 vaccinations will be rolled out at Forth Valley College Campuses after the College offered their state-of-the-art facilities to NHS Forth Valley. Falkirk, Stirling and Alloa Campuses will play...
View ArticleTemporary COVID-19 Test Centre to open in Grangemouth
A temporary COVID-19 testing centre will open in Grangemouth for five days starting from Saturday 30th January until Wednesday 3rd February 2021. Its deployment is in response to an increased number of...
View ArticleUpdate on Forth Valley Covid-19 Vaccination Programme
More than 30,000 thousand people across Forth Valley have received the Covid-19 vaccine since the vaccination programme began in early December 2020. This includes residents in all 65 care homes across...
View ArticleNew Lung Cancer Campaign Urges Over 40s to Act if They Have Symptoms
NHS Forth Valley is encouraging people who have tested negative for COVID-19, but have a persistent new or different cough for three weeks or more, to contact their GP practice. The Health Board is...
View ArticleIncrease in Cases of Covid-19 in the Falkirk Area
The increase in cases of Covid-19 in the Falkirk area is partly due to increased testing and partly because of outbreaks in large workplaces such as factories and a bus depot. The testing rate in the...
View ArticleLocal Patients in Intensive Care Urge Everyone to Take COVID-19 Seriously
Two patients currently being treated for Covid-19 in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Forth Valley Royal Hospital are urging people across the region to take Covid-19 seriously. Ralph Rindfleisch (71)...
View ArticleForth Valley Patients Play Vital Role in COVID-19 Breakthrough Trial
Forth Valley patients have played a vital role in research which shows that a drug normally used to treat arthritis, combined with a steroid, could be a life-saver for some of the sickest people with...
View ArticleHigh uptake levels in COVID-19 vaccination programme
More than 75,000 people across Forth Valley have now received the Covid-19 vaccine following the expansion of the programme to include those aged over 65 and extremely clinically vulnerable people who...
View ArticleNew COVID-19 testing centres to open for people without symptoms
New community testing centres are to open in Forth Valley over the next few weeks to offer rapid testing to local people who do not have any symptoms of COVID-19. The move is part of national plans to...
View ArticleDiagnosing Skin Cancer in 25mins by 2025
Lead Consultant Dermatologist at NHS Forth Valley, Dr Colin Morton outlines ambitious plans for Scottish innovation to help transform the diagnosis of skin cancer in the next few years. Cancer remains...
View ArticleCovid-19 Contact Tracing – Whyte & Mackay Grangemouth
NHS Forth Valley’s Test and Protect team is carrying out contact tracing after a small number of staff working at Whyte and Mackay in Grangemouth tested positive for coronavirus. All appropriate action...
View ArticleCovid-19 Contact Tracing – First Bus Larbert Depot
Our Test and Protect and Public Health teams are continuing to work closely with staff from the First Bus depot at Larbert to monitor the situation and carry out repeat testing, where appropriate. The...
View ArticleCovid-19 Contact Tracing – Larbert Police Station
NHS Forth Valley’s Test and Protect team is currently carrying out Covid-19 contact tracing after a number of staff working at Larbert Police Station have tested positive for coronavirus. All...
View ArticleCovid-19 Contact Tracing – Abbeyfield House, Killearn
NHS Forth Valley’s Test and Protect team is currently carrying out Covid-19 contact tracing after a number of residents at Abbeyfield House Supported Housing in Killearn tested positive for...
View ArticleNew COVID-19 test centre to open in Polmont for people without symptoms
Residents across the Falkirk Council area can now take a COVID-19 test even if they are not displaying any symptoms of the virus. An asymptomatic test centre is opening on Wednesday 3 March operating...
View ArticleSee Daylight and Feel Better
A new digital therapy in the form of a mobile app is now available for people in Forth Valley who are experiencing symptoms of worry and anxiety. Known as Daylight, it uses science backed cognitive...
View ArticleMobile testing units to visit Plean and Cowie
Mobile Covid-19 testing centres will be deployed in Plean and Cowie this week due to the high number of positive tests for the virus in the local area. Anyone who lives and works in these communities...
View ArticleJoint Statement from Stirling Council and NHS Forth Valley
Targeted plans to limit the spread of Covid-19 in the Stirling villages of Fallin and Throsk have been put into immediate action. An asymptomatic Mobile Testing Unit has been set up at the Fallin...
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