KATE Garraway today revealed her husband Derek Draper is facing a very lengthy wait for Long Covid care. The former political lobbyist is suffering from the life-changing impacts of his near-death battle with coronavirus.
With the NHS under unprecedented pressure following the coronavirus pandemic as well as chronic under-funding, Kate told Good Morning Britain viewers how her family has been impacted.
Speaking during a special broadcast from inside Whiston Hospital, Merseyside, she said: "I know with my own experience with Derek...
finally got into the Long Covid clinic after a year-and-a-half to an amazing, amazing group of people that are working on the impact of Covid damage, and they said 'we're going to get you into this person, that person, we're going to take action'.