ONCE again I would like to put on record our appreciation and thanks for the splendid care and attention my husband, Thomas Peter Devison, received on the Race and Lytchett wards in Poole Hospital.

Over the years our family has had to call on Poole Hospital a number of times and we have been amazed at how we have been treated.

From the nursing assistants, nurses and doctors young enough to be my grandsons to the wonderful palliative care nurse, we received the utmost kindness and consideration at all times.

This despite the fact that they are rushed off their feet and have to work the most ridiculous hours. We all know how they are being treated at the moment.

All these staff members (and they know who they are) and our fantastic GP have helped us through a very difficult time.

STELLA DEVISON Greenhays Rise, Wimborne Blooming great