Karen Blick thanks NHS after son breaks leg

Karen Blick has thanked the NHS after her son broke his leg in an accident.

The \'Emmerdale\' actress - who plays Lydia Hart in the ITV soap opposite on-screen husband Sam Dingle (James Hooton) - revealed her youngest boy Oliver fell off his scooter.

Taking to social media after the incident, she wrote: "Big thank you to fab staff at @AiredaleNHSFT for looking after our youngest after he broke his leg falling off his scooter.

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"Full pot on poor kid but he\'s charging everyone $1 to sign it."

Karen joked that with her boy\'s business skills she\'s already "raising a capitalist", but she\'ll be trying to stop him from suffering any more injuries.

She teased: "He\'ll be wrapped in cotton wool for the foreseeable."

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The soap star also responded to show director Duncan Foster who asked if her son is doing okay, and suggested he should "charge a fiver" instead of just £1.

She replied: "Thanks Duncan but he needs do encouragement.

"He\'s already told us he\'s only doing school work for money but only paper money."

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Karen recently opened up on her return to work and admitted being back on set with social distancing measures will be strange.

She explained: "I think hugging people is another thing I will miss.

"My morning routine used to be coffee, then the chat in the corridors then into the relaxation of the lovely make up room."

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However, she was still confident everyone would "make the best of it".

She added: "It will still be a fun place to work with all the banter and smiling in the corridors, and we are going to make the best of it."