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NewsColony Countess of Bradford – obstetrician Dr Penelope Law – is battling shortage of protective equipment The last time the Countess of Bradford wore a Stewart Parvin creation, it was on the day of her wedding. It was also a very different look from the Parvin ensemble she has been wearing this weekend, though she is equally thrilled with the result. ‘These aren’t any old scrubs. They’re Stewart Parvin scrubs,’ she tells me at the end of a hectic 48-hour weekend shift at London ’s Hillingdon Hospital. ‘They’ve even got proper pockets so you don’t drop your phone or your pen.’ Penelope Bradford is one of the capital’s most respected obstetricians. However right now, when she’s not delivering babies, she’s foraging for help during a crisis which is seeing NHS storerooms stripped bare because of the demands of coping with Covid-19 . And very good she is at it too. The Countess of Bradford, Dr Penelope Law takes delivery of scrubs donated from Dennys Brands which would usual...