The Sun: "He's OK, he's back in hospital actually, so that's a development. There we are. "It comes after Derek spent more than a year in hospital battling Covid-19 and, later, complications from the deadly virus in 2020.
Derek contracted coronavirus in March 2020 and was hospitalised and later put into an induced coma. READ MORE: Swimmer dies in incident at Devon beachHe suffered with a number of health complications despite beating the virus, which left him with clots in his lungs, holes in his heart and made him diabetic.
After more than a year in hospital, Derek returned home in April 2021 to be with his wife Kate and their children Darcey, 16, and Billy, 12.
Derek's health journey and how it impacted his family was explored in two documentaries; Finding Derek and Caring for Derek.