STAFF at a Trowbridge care home have extended an invitation of free food and drink to emergency services personnel.

Wingfield Care home is doing this as a way of thanking he paramedics, nurses, police officers and other emergency services workers who don’t always have time to go home or back to their workplace on their break.

Victoria Thorne, customer relationship manager, said: “This is to say thank you for all of the great work our emergency services do for us.

“Just this morning we welcomed in Paul and Jamie from the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, the crew had been called out this morning so we sent them on their way with a hot drink and cake for the road.”

“We are pleased to offer all of our local service workers who stop in tea, coffee, juice, chilled water, delicious homemade cake and biscuits and a healthy selection of fruit, free of charge.”