ICU

Strike will continue until close to midnight today May 1.

Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England

Lauren Harries is currently in intensive care following brain surgery

Lauren Harries rushed into ICU following brain surgery

Patients are introduced to RITA

Introducing RITA, the virtual staff member at Forth Valley Royal Hospital’s ICU

Boris Johnson made an urgent plea for people to come forward for their booster (Photo: Getty Images)

Boris Johnson warns 90% of people in ICU have not had Covid booster

Nicola Sturgeon announces latest coronavirus figures at a covid briefing on Tuesday (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images).

Latest coronavirus figures in Scotland

The orthopaedic team at Forth Valley Royal Hospital has successfully managed to maintain hip and knee operations during the Covid-19 pandemic. Pictured: Andrew Pearsall, theatre team leader; Jane Paterson, team leader; Morna Bechelli, theatre team lead; Marion McGlynn, theatre practitioner; and Deborah Winters, clinical support worker. Picture: Michael Gillen.

NHS Forth Valley unit 'most productive in Scotland'

France has entered its third national lockdown as Covid cases surge and the number of people in ICU rises (Photo: STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images)

France has entered third national lockdown as Covid cases surge - but has the co...

Heather Riddoch, Senior Charge Nurse. Picture: Michael Gillen.

Inside the ICU at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, where cases are still rising

The most commonly recorded symptom was flashbacks of the patient's time in hospital (Photo: Shutterstock)

Around a third of Covid patients thought to experience PTSD symptoms after being...

Scottish Government figures show the number of people in the NHS Forth Valley area being treated for COVID-19 at the moment is now double the amount reached during the height of the first wave of the pandemic last year.

Forth Valley COVID-19 hospital patients have doubled from 2020's first wave peak

The device is a negative pressure ventilator which works by lowering the pressure outside the body (Photo: PA)

New ventilator could allow more Covid patients to be ‘treated outside of intensi...

The latest Covid-19 figures have been shared by the Scottish Government.

43 further Covid deaths and 1,316 new cases

Dorothy Bell, Head of Occupational Health gives the vaccine to Hilary Nelson, ICU critical care nurse (Pic: Michael Gillen)

Emotional moment first Forth Valley hospital staff got COVID vaccine

NHS Forth Valley is bracing itself for the second wave of COVID-19 which is already hitting Forth Valley Royal Hospital

NHS Forth Valley experts fear the second wave of COVID-19 could be much worse th...

The number of people in hospital with the infection continues to rise.

Coronavirus in Forth Valley: Cases, hospital sufferers and ICU numbers rise

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Ready for a rise in patients...should there be a second wave of coronavirus admissions, NHS Scotland's ICU departments are well-positioned to meet demand. (Pic: Lisa Ferguson)

NHS Scotland had capacity to cope, even at coronavirus peak

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Sandy's Garden ... An Update

This is what actually happens to you in ICU - and a patient's chances of surviva...

NHS Forth Valley is taking steps to increase its capacity for coronavirus patients

Coronavirus: NHS Forth Valley implements plans to increase capacity

Even people who are 'mildly sick' should stay at home during the coronavirus out...