SNP MP Amy Callaghan said today that she is back on her feet after a brain haemorrhage caused an “imminent risk” to her life.

Ms Callaghan, who unseated former Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson in East Dunbartonshire last year, gave her first TV interview since she collapsed in her home in June, having stayed in hospital for four months of treatment and rehabilitation.

The 28-year-old, who previously battled skin cancer, praised the NHS staff who cared for her during her stay at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, where she underwent two surgeries.

Ms Callaghan told STV: “Everyone goes into a rehab unit saying they’re desperate to walk again — but before you learn to walk, you need to learn to sit. 

“You need to learn to stand, and then you work on your balance and then they let you loose with a Zimmer frame to try walking again.

“So that was quite an intense process, but in typical Glaswegian fashion we used humour to get ourselves through it.”