Meet my colleagues Perlita and Jericho.

Sister Perlita is a nurse on my ward. She’s been a nurse for more than thirty years, and has been working for the NHS for the last eighteen years. She’s from Manila, in the Philippines.

Sister Perlita has a big family - two sons and two daughters. One daughter works as an ITU nurse and the other is a computer scientist. One of her sons works in hotel management, the other, Jericho, is a student nurse.

Last week, one of our colleagues called in sick - we were short on staff. Sister Perlita rang her son, Jericho, to come and help. He showed up in 20 minutes and worked alongside her all day. ‘I rely on him’ she told me. ‘He’s a super son.’ Perlita and Jericho are NHS heroes.