Very special hospital visitor delighted patient

NHS staff in Ashington helped a woman fulfil her dying wish and see a horse for the very last time - by bringing an adorable steed to the front door of Wansbeck Hospital.

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Horse-lover Allison Charlton, who was 63, spent five weeks being cared for by the palliative care team at the hospital before she died.

And her family said "her face lit up like a kid at Christmas" when staff brought the very special visitor to the hospital.

The mum-of-two from Widdrington was able to stroke the horse when it visited the grounds of the hospital, and feed it some carrots.

"She'd spoken about how much she'd loved horses to the staff on the ward," said sons Jamie and John Charlton.