Community testing returns to Cowie to help prevent spread of Covid-19
Community testing returns to Cowie this Thursday, 17th June, as part of ongoing efforts to reduce the spread of Covid-19 across Stirling. Residents across Stirling who do not currently have any...
View ArticleAll adults in Forth Valley to be scheduled for first dose of Covid-19 vaccine...
The process of booking all over 18s in NHS Forth Valley for their first Covid-19 vaccine appointment will be complete by Sunday 27th June 2021 five weeks ahead of the target date of 31 July. Letters...
View ArticleCovid-19 Vaccine Self-registration Portal for all
All adults in NHS Forth Valley who haven’t had their first Covid-19 appointment can self-register now. Anyone aged 18 and over in NHS Forth Valley who has not received a first coronavirus (Covid-19)...
View ArticleCovid-19 Community Testing In Callander To Help Slow Spread Of Virus
The Coronavirus community testing unit returns to Callander this Thursday, 1st July, to help slow the spread of the virus across Stirling. With a rising number of positive Covid tests being recorded...
View ArticleCovid-19 Drop-in Clinics extended in Forth Valley
Drop-in clinics for Covid-19 vaccinations in Forth Valley will be open longer over the next two weeks as part of ongoing efforts to vaccinate as many people as possible across the area during July...
View ArticleForth Valley Royal Hospital Celebrates 10th Birthday
Forth Valley Royal Hospital celebrated 10 years since the official opening of the hospital on Tuesday 6th July 2021 and, to help mark this important milestone, staff and patients enjoyed specially...
View ArticleNew National Screening Programme Supports Cancer Diagnosis
Scotland is the first country in the world to implement the use of Cytosponge™ across all mainland NHS Boards in a national screening programme. The innovative ‘sponge on a string’ device, which has...
View ArticleEmergency Department Governance Review
An independent review of the Emergency Department at Forth Valley Royal Hospital was commissioned by NHS Forth Valley’s Chief Executive Cathie Cowan after a number of concerns were raised by staff...
View ArticleDrop-in Covid-19 Vaccination Clinics Continue To Run This Weekend
Adults in Forth Valley who have yet to take up the offer of the Covid-19 vaccine, or are due their second dose, are being urged to visit one of the additional drop-in clinics running in the Forth...
View ArticleArtist Appointed To Brush Up Women And Children’s Unit
Artist, illustrator, printmaker and teacher Natasha Russell has beaten off stiff competition to become artist in residence in the Women and Children’s Unit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. Based in...
View ArticleNew Health Project Helps Care Home Residents Connect With Nature
Care homes across Forth Valley are being invited to sign up to a new health and wellbeing project which has seen sixty residents at a Stirling care home being presented with certificates for completing...
View ArticleUpdate on Hospital Visiting Arrangements
Patients in NHS Forth Valley hospitals will continue to be able have at least one visitor at a time and up to two people for essential visits which includes visits to support people with dementia,...
View ArticleCovid-19 Contact Tracing – UCP factory, Bridge of Allan
NHS Forth Valley’s Test and Protect and Public Health teams are supporting the United Closures and Plastics (UCP) factory at Bridge of Allan, after a number of staff tested positive for coronavirus....
View ArticlePraise for The Meadows
A pioneering NHS Forth Valley centre for people who have experienced rape or sexual assault has been praised by Justice Secretary Keith Brown ahead of a roll out of similar services across Scotland. Mr...
View ArticleMaking A Stand For Oncology – Local Woodcrafter Donates Handcarved Wig Stands
One of the most thoughtful and original gifts received by the Oncology unit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital is a set of wig stands, lovingly crafted by a former patient as a thank you for his cancer...
View ArticleCallander hosts Covid community testing for all Stirling residents
Efforts to continue reducing levels of Covid-19 across Stirling are continuing with community testing in Callander for five days from tomorrow, Wednesday 28 July. Residents across Stirling who do not...
View ArticleTanisha Is Tops For Milk Bank
A Forth Valley Mum is thought to be the youngest in Scotland to donate breast milk to the national milk bank hosted by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Tanisha Cooper, who is 21, has been presented with...
View ArticleUniversity of Stirling to open COVID vaccination centre on campus
A new vaccination centre is opening on Saturday 14 August at the University of Stirling, allowing members of the public, students and University staff to receive their COVID-19 vaccine. The facility is...
View ArticleVaccinations for Vulnerable Young People
Children and young people aged 12 to 17 from key groups in Forth Valley to be offered Covid-19 vaccine Young people in NHS Forth Valley with certain conditions are to be offered the Pfizer-BioNTech...
View ArticleGPs continue to support Forth Valley patients
GPs across Forth Valley want to reassure patients that they are continuing to consult with as many people as possible and offer face-to-face appointments, where needed. Although many lockdown...
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