Staff deck the wards this Christmas

The halls, walls and doors were adorned with colour and sparkle this month to spread magic and cheer to our patients and staff this Christmas.

Teams across all sites adopted themes that included gingerbread houses, a candy lane, an enchanted Christmas Forest, the Polar Express and a soft hearted grinch even made several appearances.

The elaborate decorations brightened the wards for patients, clients, visitors, families and staff, but there was certainly a competitive spirit among the teams that had many keeping their eye on the prizes from our generous sponsors.

Many thanks to the Good Grocer IGA for being our major sponsor and along with P&N Bank, Miss Maud, Creative.adm and Coles for their generous support.

We were thrilled to have more than eighty entrants and introduced an inaugural corporate section to enable all entrants to be judged. 

Judges had a tough time selecting the winners with such a large number of entries and so many high-quality displays. They were very impressed by the themes, creativity and originality on display.

The winners for each NMHS site were:

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

• First prize: Ward C16 for their Enchanted Christmas display
• Second prize: Ward C14 Candy Cane Lane display
• Third prize: Ward C73 for their Grinchmas display

Osborne Park Hospital

• First prize: Ward 4 for their Grinchmas display featuring painted Grinch artworks
• Second prize: Pharmacy Department for their Hogwarts Christmas-themed display
• Third prize: Ward 2 for their Hawaiian-themed Christmas display complete with a surfboard, leis and a hula performance

Women and Newborn Health Services

• First prize: Labour and Birth Suite for their Moodjar Tree and native Christmas theme
• Second prize: East Wing Clinic for their fabulous door decorations
• Third prize: Ward 1 Osborne Park Hospital for their Polar Express themed display which extended throughout the ward

Mental Health & Dental Health Services

• First prize: Butler Community Mental Health who had fun mixing up traditional Christmas themes with Dr Seuss's The Grinch
• Second prize: Shaw House at Graylands and Dental Health Services Administration and reception who created a Christmas elves festival and an amazing Australian Christmas display respectively
• Third prize: Youth Axis team who designed an Australian beach Christmas and the Mt Henry Dental Project Office with their multicultural Christmas theme

Corporate

• First prize: Cancer Network for their exceptional 12 days of Christmas themed offices
• Second prize: Occupational Health and Safety for their snowflake winter wonderland
• Third prize: Facilities Works Management for their grinch themed extravaganza

Congratulations to our winners for your fabulous efforts.