Feb 2012
The Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) at Stirling Community Hospital has now moved to a new location on the ground floor of the former maternity unit.
The re-vamped facility remains open from 9am to 9pm seven days a week and is staffed by emergency nurse practitioners who can prescribe medication and provide treatment for a wide range of minor injuries. These include minor burns and scalds, infected wounds, sprains, cuts and grazes. Staff can also examine and treat minor injuries to the eye, ear, head and neck areas and arrange X-rays for suspected broken bones.
Although based in Stirling, the MIU offers treatment to patients across Forth Valley. Staff can treat and assess adults and children over the age of one year (children under the age of one with a minor injury should be taken direct to the Emergency Department at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert).
There is no need to make an appointment and patients who attend are seen and treated quickly.
We are keen to raise awareness of this important health facility and encourage local people to make use of it. This will help us to reduce pressure on the busy Emergency Department at Forth Valley Royal Hospital and ensure that staff working there can focus on treating patients with serious and life threatening injuries which require urgent care.
The relocation of the Minor Injuries Unit to the former maternity unit will also allow demolition work to begin on The Queen Elizabeth Wing, as planned. This work is expected to start in the next few weeks.
Details of the MIU and the services it provides can be found on the NHS Forth Valley website:
http://www.nhsforthvalley.com/health-services/hospitals/stirling-community-hospital/minor-injuries-unit
Nov 2011
Alva pool, which was due to be demolished as part of Clackmannanshire Council's bid to save £8m this year, will be sold to Ochil Leisure Enterprises (OLE) who will also receive up to £100,000 from the council to run it for the community. See attached for more details.
Sept 2011
A further scam has been highlighted by Central Scotland Police who are urging members of the public to be vigilant. See attached for more details.
Aug 2011
Police are urging members of the public not to fall for a scam where bank holders are being phoned and told to move money on the instructions of the police. See attached for more details.
