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The TV presenter said she is ready to front a third ITV documentary on the ‘broken’ care system.

Kate Garraway describes moment husband returned home after year in hospital. (ITV) Kate Garraway has described the moment her husband, Derek Draper, returned home after over a year in hospital. Derek, 53, fell ill in March 2020 after contracting coronavirus and has required a long recovery in intensive care, during which he was placed in a coma. But now he is well enough to return to his North London home after being returned by ambulance this week. Kate and Derek share two children, Da...

Kate Garraway describes moment husband returned home after year in hospital. (ITV) Kate Garraway has described the moment her husband, Derek Draper, returned home after over a year in hospital. Derek, 53, fell ill in March 2020 after contracting coronavirus and has required a long recovery in intensive care, during which he was placed in a coma. But now he is well enough to return to his North London home after being returned by ambulance this week. Kate, who is from Abingdon, and Derek...

Kate Garraway describes moment husband returned home after year in hospital. (ITV) Kate Garraway has described the moment her husband, Derek Draper, returned home after over a year in hospital. Derek, 53, fell ill in March 2020 after contracting coronavirus and has required a long recovery in intensive care, during which he was placed in a coma. But now he is well enough to return to his North London home after being returned by ambulance this week. Kate and Derek share two children, Da...

Former political adviser Draper, 53, was admitted to hospital in March last year with coronavirus symptoms. Presenter Garraway, also 53, told Good Morning Britain of the decision to bring him home: “It felt as though everything had stalled medically and, if anything, was going slightly back.” She said doctors decided “let’s give this a go, get him home safely”, to see whether being in the family environment again helps. Kate Garraway’s husband Derek Draper (Tim Ireland/PA) Doctors �...

Kate Garraway’s husband has reportedly returned home after more than a year in hospital being treated for Covid-19. Former political adviser Derek Draper, 53, was admitted in March last year with coronavirus symptoms, before being placed in a coma. He was driven by ambulance to the couple’s north London home on Wednesday, according to The Sun. Kate Garraway’s husband Derek Draper (Tim Ireland/PA) Draper has been taken off all machines and breathing apparatus but will receive 24-hour care ...

She told staff at the Whittington Hospital: “It’s so great to talk to you because I hadn’t realised that you’d actually cared for Derek when he was at the Whittington, which is when he first got sick and his life was saved by you, by all of you. “I’m going to get emotional now, so thank you so much.” Garraway added: “I have never spoken to you because of course we weren’t allowed to visit… “Thank you so much, and for all you’re doing for so many people.” The nurses are...