The Lord Mayor of Liverpool has revealed a “life threatening” diagnosis as he made a rare personal speech on the NHS.
During a full meeting of Liverpool Council this evening, Cllr Roy Gladden, made a break with regular convention as he delivered an emotional speech on the ongoing industrial action being taken by nurses. Ahead of a motion laid in Mayor Joanne Anderson’s name calling on members to back the strikes being staged by the Royal College of Nurses (RCN), Cllr Gladden revealed his own health scare just before Christmas.
He said he had been talked into going to hospital on his birthday, December 13, by his wife and fellow councillor Roz Gladden. It was at this point he was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism, something he recognised could have been “life threatening.”
