My husband and I would like to say a very big thank you to the wonderful, caring staff at the Westmorland General Hospital at Kendal.

We were both transferred from hospital at Lancaster on the same day, having both broken our femurs on the same day, to Kendal.

My husband was in a ward of six, and I was just opposite in a single room.

At meal times he was wheeled across to have his meals with me, and what lovely meals, always served hot, a marvellous choice followed by tea or coffee, and always with a serviette.

If we hadn't been ill, it was like a five star hotel. All staff were very pleasant and nothing was too much trouble.

Ruth Barnes

Kendal