Children in intensive care are benefiting from a pioneering project that is aimed to reduce the amount of the time they need to recover.

The Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow is the first in the UK to establish the Move on Ventilation Early programme (MoVE) programme, which encourages youngsters to get active as early as possible in their recovery.

The scheme helps patients reduce the amount of the time they need to spend in bed and also helps them to start breathing on their own again more quickly.

When two-year-old Iain Norrie was born with holes in his heart, his parents Iain and Nicola knew it wouldn't be an easy journey.

Baby Iain was taken to surgery on the day of his birth and has been back several times since to repair the medical issues.

While recovering on the ward after an operation, Iain caught a virus, extending his recovery time.

His mum Nicola said: "There was a day about six weeks ago and literally his leg was just a bone because he'd been so poorly and lost so much weight.

"You're looking at your baby and thinking 'Oh my goodness how are we going to make this better, how is he going to get stronger again?'

"And now, six weeks on he's here and is as well as he's going to be for now.

"But the MoVE programme has made such a significant difference and for that we're very grateful."

MoVE aims to give all patients in paediatric intensive care a form of activity as soon as they are medically stable.

This programme of rehabilitation helps patients to be released as early as possible from the wards.

The physiotherapy offered helps not just the children, but their parents too.

It's early days yet but the team has already been approached by other children's hospitals to learn from their work so far.