NHS Forth Valley says plans are in hand to maintain high quality treatment for respiratory patients when five consultants who resigned within two weeks of each other finally leave.
The health board said staff leave for a variety of reasons including career development and promotions - but the resignations were widely reported after the trade union Unison raised concerns that patient safety might be impacted.
Unison said its main concern was how patient safety would be maintained and "unsupportable burdens on staff avoided" given the difficulties with recruitment going into winter.
