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to highlight the food typically eaten when the NHS came into being on July 5, 1948.
Meanwhile more than 20 wards and resource centres across NHS Forth Valley organised their own local celebrations. These included the oncology department, intensive care, mental health wards, Clackmannanshire Community Healthcare Centre, and the Livilands Resource Centre in Stirling, which arranged a garden party for staff and users.
At Stirling Community Hospital, all the wards marked the occasion. Construction staff from the Robertson Group, which is currently working on construction of the Care Village on the site, formerly Stirling Royal Infirmary, also added to the celebration.
Team administrator Debbie Innes said: “Inpatient Unit, Ward 2, held a garden party at which patients from wards 1 and 2, staff, visitors and Robertson Group staff joined in celebrations.
“Robertson Group came along with a 70th anniversary cake. They also kindly helped put up a few wall decorations before the event to make the garden look fantastic,”
NHS Forth Valley chief executive Cathie Cowan, said: “Our NHS has changed significantly since it was established in 1948. Then, who could have managed the medical advances which have revolutionised treatment and helped eradicate disease and yet the best qualities have endured.
“As a nurse I look back with pride at the care, the compassion and the acts of kindness that I have seen and continue to see firsthand delivered by staff of all grades and positions. This anniversary is a time to celebrate what the NHS has achieved and to pay tribute to all staff, past and present who have helped deliver outstanding care over the past 70 years.”