Could Cornish ice-cream be better for convalescing patients than the traditional grapes and chocolates? That’s the question that Truro’s Duchy Hospital is setting out to answer with a month-long trial on its wards. The hospital has teamed up with the award-winning Callestick Farm near Truro, to see whether a bowl of ice-cream could help patients [...]
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