Perpetual, mother to five-year-old twins, was hospitalised with Covid in 2020 and was so ill she was put in an induced coma.

Her twins were delivered by Caesarean section at 26 weeks in a high-risk operation.

Perpetual, a hospital consultant, said any effort to enhance maternity care was crucial, adding: “This is an added advantage to training, which we didn’t have before. So I think personally, as a mum, that gives me huge reassurance.”