Festive fun at Chelsea and Westminster and West Mid

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has organised several events during the Christmas period for staff and patients at this special time of year. Please see below the dates and times of everything taking place over the coming weeks.

Carol services

• Thu 10 Dec, 12pm–12:45pm at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

Chelsea and Westminster’s multi-faith chapel will be holding their annual carol service on the ground floor this year. Stop by and join the staff choir for some festive singing.

• Thu 10 Dec, 2pm–3pm at West Middlesex University Hospital

West Mid will once again welcome the Royal Military School of Music for the carol service. Patients, staff and visitors are all welcome to join in the main atrium.

Christmas at West Mid and Christmas at Chelsea and Westminster

• Wed 16 Dec, 4–6pm at West Middlesex University Hospital

Christmas at West Mid will be a fun, festive event for all the family with live entertainment, Christmas market stalls, the Giggle Doctors and much more. There will even be a special visit from Father Christmas himself in our Santa’s Grotto. The event, which is free to attend, will be opened by the Mayor of Hounslow, Councillor Nisar Malik and is open to everybody, so please join in for what will be an enjoyable afternoon.

• Thu 17 Dec, 4–6pm at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

Chelsea Pensioners from the Royal Hospital Chelsea will be officially opening the event at 4pm. There will be entertainment from musical performers, including a regular favourite, Dick Laurie’s Elastic Band. There will be lots of entertainment for all the family including a Santa’s Grotto, face painting, teddy bear hospital (bring your teddy or dolly for a check-up), gingerbread decorating and much more.

Come to the CW+ charity stand and make a Christmas card for a patient on the wards and this year we will also be celebrating the opening of the new CW+Medicinema by providing special tours on the day.

Christmas at Chelsea and Westminster is free to attend so please encourage friends and family to come along and find out more about your local hospital.

Thank you to the Council of Governors for funding these events.

Light up a life

Come along to the annual ‘Light up a Life’ event, which is a non-religious occasion for the people to celebrate and remember loved ones and patients who are no longer with us. The service includes a minute’s silence, music and readings, followed by refreshments.

• Mon 21 Dec, 5:30pm at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
  Hospital Garden, Nightingale Place (next to the hospital car park entrance)
• Tue 22 Dec, 5:30pm at West Middlesex University Hospital
  Multi Faith Centre, West Middlesex University Hospital