NHS Forth Valley

Map of NHS Forth Valley
Map of NHS Forth Valley

Principal Hospitals

Forth Valley Royal Hospital (FVRH) provides A&E for the Board area

Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery, if required, currently takes place in Edinburgh.  In the future patients are likely to be sent both to Edinburgh and to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (in Glasgow).

After neurosurgery,  patients are transferred to rehabilitation.  There is no specific ward in Forth Valley Royal Hospital for ABI patients, however, once stable, patients are likely to be referred to  Unit 1, Falkirk Community Hospital, and/or to REACH (Rehabilitation and Assessment in the Community and Home).

Rehabilitation

The consultant in rehabilitation medicine at FVRH will review all patients as they arrive from Glasgow or Edinburgh, typically after neurosurgery.  Advice and treatment recommendations are provided for patients with an ABI, also a judgement as to whether they would benefit from inpatient rehabilitation, and admission to the rehabilitation unit on a longer-term basis if appropriate.

Contact: Forth Valley Royal Hospital
Stirling Road
Larbert
FK5 4WR
Phone: 01324 566000 (Switchboard)
E-mail: FV-UHB.RTT@nhs.net.

Inpatient care is provided at Unit 1, Falkirk Community Hospital, where there is access to occupational therapy and physiotherapy.

Contact: Unit 1,
Falkirk Community Hospital,
Westburn Avenue
Falkirk
FK1 5QE
Tel: 01324 616 124 (Unit 1)
Tel: 01324 566000 (Switchboard)

Community Support

REACH provide assistance for people under 65 in Forth Valley  in recovery programmes due to physical disability or brain injury.

Rehabilitation and assessment in the community and home (REACH)
Hut 8, Falkirk Community Hospital
Westburn Avenue
Falkirk FK1 5QE
Tel: 01324 673888
www.nhsforthvalley.com/health-services/az-of-services/rehab-care-group/

Single Point of Referral, (01324) 673733, FV-UHB.ReACH@nhs.net, Reach Referral Form

  • Enquiries to ReACH North, (01786) 434157
  • Enquiries to ReACH Falkirk, (01324) 673888
  • Enquiries to ReACH Forth Valley, (01324) 673737
  • All enquiries for AHP services within Community Hospitals to:
  • AHP office Stirling Health & Care Village, (01786 434435)
  • AHP office CCHC, (01259 290311)
  • AHP office Falkirk Community Hospital, (01324 616073)

Marchglen is a local private provider.   It takes patients with complex needs – patients in Marchglen may need intensive nursing care, suctioning, PEG feeding, catheterising etc., as an alternative to providing 24 hour care at home / supervision.  Marchglen does not take patients with challenging behaviour, who may be referred to the Robert Fergusson Unit in Edinburgh.

Patients may also be referred on to Glenbervie care home in Larbert, an independent centre that offers complex care.

Third Sector Support

Headway Falkirk has services throughout the Falkirk area and this provides an opportunity to talk to others in a similar situation. People with Traumatic / Acquired Brain Injury can access one to one help from other survivors.  Regular activities include a  memory group, a music group, and a craft group.

Held in the Stenhousemuir Salvation Army Hall:

  • A weekly Memory Group (every Tuesday from 10am-11am)
  • Music group (every last Tuesday of each month and every first Wednesday of each month)
  • Craft group (every other Wednesday of the month from 1.30pm-3.30pm, except the last Wednesday, when Headway Falkirk hold their Committee Meeting).

Contact: Headway Falkirk
C/o Salvation Army, Main Street, Stenhousemuir, Stirlingshire FK5 4AB
Tel: 07400 449 433
Email: headway.falkirk@yahoo.com
Website: www.headway.org.uk

Neurocentral provides some assistance, based in Stirling and Auchterarder.
Contact: Neurocentral
Email: secretary@neurocentral.org.uk
​Tel. 07526 281747

Third Sector Support – Children and Young People

When a child acquires a brain injury it can have a devastating effect on all the family.  The Child Brain Injury Trust is a UK-wide charity that supports families and professionals working with children and young people who find themselves in need of more information about what has happened. More details about how their staff in Scotland can help can be found here:

Contact: (For correspondence only)
Child Brain Injury Trust
101 Rose Street, South Lane, Edinburgh, EH2 3JG
Tel: 01313 572388
Email: https://childbraininjurytrust.org.uk/contact/
Website: https://childbraininjurytrust.org.uk/

Enquire is the Scottish advice service for additional support for learning. They aim to:

  • raise awareness of children’s rights to extra support in school
  • help families and schools work together to ensure children get the support they need
  • provide advice to children and young people who might be struggling in school.

They offer lots of ways to access help including a telephone helpline, guides, factsheets and outreach work. All the information and advice provided is independant and impartial.

Contact details can be found here.
Website: https://enquire.org.uk/

Cerebra are a national charity dedicated to helping children with brain conditions and their families discover a better life together.

Cerebra
The MacGregor Office, Jolly Tar Lane, Carmarthen, SA31 3LW
Helpline (freephone): 0800 328 1159
Telephone: +44 (0) 1267 244200
Email: enquiries@cerebra.org.uk

The Scottish Centre for Children with Motor Impairments (SCCMI)

Based at the Craighalbert Centre in Cumbernauld, SCCMI provide educational and therapy services for children and young people throughout Scotland affected by cerebral palsy and other neurological conditions, which result in disorders of learning, movement and communication.

Scottish Centre for Children with Motor Impairments
The Craighalbert Centre, 1 Craighalbert Way, Cumbernauld, G68 0LS
T: 01236 456100
E: sccmi@craighalbert.org.uk
Website: http://www.craighalbert.co.uk/

For additional local third sector support, see: http://www.hiid.org.uk/

Updated: 23/12/2019