Health

This month’s UK-wide move to extend a potentially life-saving vaccine to boys does not go far enough, according to the boss of a Falkirk-based charity.

A group of GPs with clinics in Lanarkshire and Ayrshire will soon be taking over the running of Grangemouth’s Kersiebank Medical Practice.

Falkirk West MSP Michael Matheson is urging constituents aged 55 and over to answer a survey on housing - and maybe win a £50 prize.

An audit report of the board in charge of Falkirk’s services for elderly and vulnerable people made “difficult reading” its members admitted.

Girls born in Falkirk face around 20 years of poor health in later life, figures reveal.

Sepsis research charity FEAT is looking for more volunteers and fundraisers to help in its ongoing campaign to stop the potentially deadly illness from taking more lives.

Greater numbers of children with disabilities in Falkirk district are being supported to learn to swim, new research has found.

A midwife and a former referee have been recognised in the 2019 Queen’s New Year Honours List.

A new service is helping to keep parents together with their new babies even if the child requires a little extra neonatal care.

A volunteer has been presented with an MBE for her efforts in supporting those with a degenerative brain disorder.

NHS staff will spend the holidays working round the clock to keep us hale and hearty and able to enjoy the festive season with our family and friends.

A town business has answered the calls of its community by installing an in-store defibrillator.

Young people working in healthcare are encouraging others to follow their career path.

River City actor Jordan Young is urging parents of children aged two to five years to protect themselves and their families against flu.

A Grangemouth party night held to raise cash for a new dementia resource centre in Forth Valley has been hailed a success.

One in five Falkirk residents may not do any festive food shopping until December 24, while one in three won’t plan for Christmas Day fare at all.

Additional measures are being put in place to help ease pressures on NHS Forth Valley this winter.

Lights are sparkling in the gardens of Strathcarron Hospice to honour and celebrate the lives of much loved family members and friends.