FOOD served up at Morecambe Bay’s hospitals has won the seal of approval from patients, visitors and health watchdogs, according to new statistics.

The report shows that the Langdale ward at Westmorland General received a food quality score of 96.67 per cent, while the Dova Unit at Furness General received a score of 96.43 per cent.

Overall all three hospitals run by the the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust – including Royal Lancaster Infirmary – achieved at least 92 per cent.

The survey comes after the government announced that hospitals would be expected to provide a higher standard of food.

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