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Lisa McLoughlin

Good Morning Britain’s Kate Garraway details Derek Draper’s NHS treatment battle in debate with Labour’s Emily Thornberry

Kate Garraway became involved in a discussion with Emily Thornberry over NHS treatment

(Picture: ITV)

Kate Garraway has detailed her seriously-ill husband Derek Draper’s hospital treatment at the height of the Covid crisis in a discussion with Labour MP Emily Thornberry on Thursday’s Good Morning Britain.

The former Labour spin doctor is one of the UK’s longest-suffering patients of Covid. The 55-year-old first became ill in March 2020 and spent 13 months in hospital before finally being allowed to return home, where he receives round-the-clock care.

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