The University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust is the first hospital trust in the UK to give female Muslim doctors and medical staff disposable hijabs.

Axar.az reports citing Yahoo.co.uk that the sterile hijabs were created by a junior doctor, Farah Roslan, while she was undergoing her training the Royal Derby Hospital.

The idea came after many grueling hours on the wards, where she worried that wearing a traditional hijab could heighten the risk of infection for patients.

To combat this potential issue she decided to look at what doctors and medical staff were doing in her home, Malaysia, to see if she could replicate it.