Overview
- Gemma Collins posted on Instagram on Tuesday that her mother Joan has been taken to hospital with pneumonia and that she is “doing well,” thanking nursing staff for their care.
- Collins said she “couldn't sleep all night” with worry and that she had been able to share a laugh with her mother during a recent visit.
- This episode is reported as a recurrence within six months of Joan’s December 2025 pneumonia admission at Broomfield Hospital and follows earlier serious respiratory problems in 2024 and 2020.
- Pneumonia is a serious lung infection for older adults because it reduces oxygen transfer into the blood and can cause breathing trouble, fever, chest pain, tiredness, and confusion, so prior hospital stays raise the level of clinical concern.
- There are no official hospital statements yet; coverage relies on Collins’s social posts and tabloid reports, so close family updates and any NHS guidance on worsening symptoms are the next things to watch.