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NHS Lothian said it has put in a rolling programme of improvements since concerns were first raised, including securing funding to employ almost 30 new midwives and other staff.

The department said it would help hospital trusts to make rapid improvements and train thousands more midwives.

Since then, workers and volunteers have helped hundreds of families and linked up with midwives, health visitors and social workers to support even more.

"Most of my midwife colleagues had either come across it, or had heard of it, around their clinical practice."

After training as a nurse and midwife, Janet had been working as a medical research nurse for Oxford University's Public Health and Primary Care department at the John Radcliffe Hospital.