Children’s television character Peppa Pig visited young patients in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at St George’s Hospital earlier this week.

Peppa paid a special visit to patient Louie Bull, who was celebrating his first birthday on the unit on Tuesday (March 19).

Louie’s mum Natalie McDougall said: "It was a lovely birthday treat for Louie – Peppa Pig is one of his favourite TV shows."

St George's Healthcare NHS Trust provides a wide variety of specialist and community hospital based care and a full range of community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities.

These services are provided from Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, 11 health centres and clinics, schools and nurseries, patients' homes and Wandsworth Prison.