The daughter of a nurse who died after contracting coronavirus has said she wants to use funds raised to support her family to buy protective equipment for other health workers.

Sara Trollope, 51, died at Watford General Hospital on Good Friday, after testing positive for Covid-19.

The mother-of-four, who worked as the matron on the mental health ward at Hillingdon Hospital, and lived in Carpenders Park, was described by a doctor at the trust she worked for as "an example to every one of us" for her kindness and hard work.

At the weekend, members of Sara's family paid tribute to their "true hero", including 18-year-old daughter Freya.

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Freya who described her mum as her "rock and my best friend", while Sara's father Gordon expressed how "proud" he was that his daughter had lived her ambition to be a nurse.

After Sara died, a Go Fund Me page was set up by close a friend of the Trollope family, Tracy Woods.

Ms Woods set the fundraising page up to support the family and it has raised more than £12,000.

Freya, who last saw her mother two days before she died due to visiting restrictions at hospitals, says her family have been "absolutely shocked" and "extremely grateful" by how much has been raised.

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After sorting out rent and bills, Freya insisted she wanted to help buy Hillingdon Hospital some more personal protective equipment (PPE).

She said: "I think I would be extremely happy to know that I was part of the reason of being able to help somebody else's life."

"I don't want someone to be in the position that I'm in at the moment. I want to be able to help save people."

Freya says the unit her mother worked in at the hospital had to adapt to accommodate coronavirus patients, with her mother stepping up to work longer hours to provide care and support.

But her "fantastic" mother started to feel breathless, vomit and developed a temperature, and she ended up in hospital where she died.

Freya says that her mother was having to re-use face masks because "there weren't enough to keep changing".

Remembering her mother, Freya said: "All I want to do is make her proud.

"My message to the children of health workers is spend as much time with your parents as possible.

"I didn't realise how much my mum meant to me before she was gone."