Health

Everyone has it in them to save a life, no matter what age they learn vital first aid skills.

Dementia is likely to become an ever more prevalent issue, thanks to an ageing population – many of whom are also living longer.

The 19 trekkers who took on the gruelling climb to the top of the world’s freestanding mountain in aid of Strathcarron Hospice have now raised over £118,000.

Cancer survivors and those living with the disease are being invited to attend a Health and Wellbeing event later this month.

Concerns about Falkirk Community Hospital led health managers to create an “oversight group” to keep an eye on things.

Patients in Forth Valley requiring gallbladder surgery are needed for a clinical trial which will be the first of its kind in Scotland.

The Wheatley Group has appointed Pauline McDonald as its new Head of Care for the east of Scotland.

A group of friends who saddled up for a Calendar Girls-type photoshoot in aid of Strathcarron Hospice have raised more than £5000 on its behalf.

A boost to staffing in the day surgery Uuit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital will lead to hundreds of extra operations being carried out every year.

Falkirk has become home to Scottish Water’s first ever water refill tap in a park, reinventing within Callendar Park a familiar sight from yesteryear.

Four Falkirk health professionals and a hard-working nursing team have been named as finalists in this year’s Scottish Health Awards.

Family members helping to care for loved ones with dementia can now comfortably stay close by them overnight in Forth Valley Royal Hospital’s new “buddy” chairs.

A new one-stop health and wellbeing hub has opened in Falkirk with the aim of getting people more active.

Staff at Larbert’s Maggie’s cancer care centre have offered “a heartfelt thankyou” to the hundreds of people who have given moral support in the wake of a sickening theft.

A charity is urging Falkirk residents to volunteer to support older veterans whose lives are affected by hearing loss or tinnitus.

All school lessons are of course important, however, classes recently taught at Larbert High could prove invaluable to pupils.

The Autumn gathering of national charity Parkinson’s UK takes place in Reddingmuirhead Community Centre on Friday.

NHS Forth Valley immunisation nurses are visiting secondary schools across the area to raise awareness of the forthcoming national HPV – human papillomavirus – vaccination

programme for boys and girls.

People from Falkirk with lived experience of suicide are being encouraged to apply to join a new panel dedicated to preventing future tragedies.