Overview
- The 60-year-old ballroom coach, known for training professionals linked to Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing With the Stars, remains in rehabilitation at West Park Hospital.
- She collapsed at home on August 10, 2025 after teaching, with doctors finding a carotid artery clot and a midline shift that led to emergency surgery to remove part of her skull.
- She spent about a month on life support and is now paralysed on her left side, with cognitive changes that affect tasks such as telling the time or using a TV remote, according to her husband.
- Her husband reports their children live far away and he has been advised he may need to leave his job as she is expected to be discharged soon and requires extensive support.
- A GoFundMe for care and home adaptations has topped £47,000 toward a £50,000 goal, as he estimates round-the-clock professional care would cost about £2,000 per week.