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Tabetha Darmon, chief nursing officer at the trust, said in a statement last week that it has made improvements since.

NHS England chief nursing officer Duncan Burton said "increasing demand" had put extreme pressure on the health service over recent months, and described this winter as "one of the toughest the NHS has experienced".

The award will also be given to Archibald MacLellan, son of Neil MacLellan, a nursing officer who was on duty at the State Hospital that night.

Talib Yaseen, chief nursing officer at the trust, said: “We are incredibly sorry Mrs Roper suffered complications following the birth of her son, and regret to have identified that aspects of her care should have been better. We sincerely wish Mrs Roper all the best for the future.”

The chief nursing officer at North Bristol NHS Trust points to a dramatic improvement in ambulance performance.