On the pulse february - West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Christmas Roundup6On the PulseBest festive award – HemelHempstead HospitalEach year the Fred Hayward Shield is awarded by theLeague of Friends to the winners of the Best DressedWard competition. (Fred was Secretary of the League formany years and was always keen on this competition).The standard of entries this year was extremely high and it wasa very close call between eventual winners OutpatientsDepartment and runners-up from the Chest Clinic, St NicholasWard and Lancaster Ward.Outpatients staff being presented with the award by League ofFriends Chairman Stuart Bremner and longest serving committeemember Alice Wear.Santa delivers Hospital cheerSanta, Vera the Fairy and Sandy the Pixie visited AragonWard in Hemel Hempstead Hospital on Christmas Eve tochat to the patients and deliver Christmas presents.Paula Wilkinson, Senior Sister said: “It was really a fantasticgesture which all the patients appreciated. Everyone enjoyedspeaking to Santa and his helpers as well as opening thepresents. I would like to thank the staff from ASDA for theirgenerosity in donating all the presents and organising Santaand his helpers.”Aragon ward is an Orthopaedic/trauma ward.Santa and his helpers handing out Christmas presents to patients onChristmas Eve.Christmas cheer at HemelHempstead HospitalWard staff decorating the Christmas tree.Good cheer brings belatedChristmas gifts to childrenon the Hornets WardNHSPatients and staff from Stuart Ward, Hemel HempsteadHospital, would like to say a really big ‘thank you’ toHomebase in Hemel Hempstead for their donation of a largeChristmas tree, which has been used to decorate the ward’sday room.Jenny Head, Housekeeper said: “The manager of Homebasewas really lovely and didn’t hesitate when I asked if the storecould donate a Christmas tree for our dayroom. The patientsand staff have commented on how festive the tree looks.”Stuart Ward is a medical elderly care ward.Kind hearted children at TLC, Watford’s newest andbrightest day nursery, dug deep at Christmas to helpmake the lives of other children even more enjoyablethroughout the coming year.TLC (Tender Loving Childcare) Ltd is one of the country’smost rapidly expanding bespoke childcare providers withnurseries stretching from the Midlands to North London.Following the successful opening of the Watford Unit, a new48-place unit at St Albans is nearing completion and due toopen in April.Staff at the nursery, which only opened last year,encouraged children to bring in good quality unwanted toys,books and games to give to children on the Hornets Ward atWatford General Hospital. It is hoped that these toys willbring pleasure and happiness to many of the children whofind themselves in hospital over the coming year.The toys are now at the nursery and TLC’s cuddly mascot,Talcum Ted, delivered these to the ward and said hello tochildren and staff on Wednesday February 4.Registrations for TLC’s new unit at St Albans are now beingtaken. For a prospectus or further information regardingany aspect of TLC, please contact Kevin Downham, ProjectManager at kevindownham@tlcchildcare.org