Kate Garraway has that she still wakes up in the the night panicking that she hasn't provided her late partner Derek Draper his medication.

The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, assessed his end of life care in a candid new interview on Wednesday.

Derek passed away at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year battle with long Covid.

Speaking in The Sun, she informed of how those hard years stay in her ideas.

She described: 'I still wake up in the middle of the night stressing that I have not provided him his medication, or that I have actually forgotten to move him every hour to prevent the unpleasant contractions in his limbs.

Kate Garraway has actually exposed that she still gets up in the the night panicking that she hasn't given her late hubby Derek Draper his medicine

The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, reflected on his end of life care in an honest new interview on Wednesday

'The next 2nd I realise he no longer needs that care. There is a minute of relief - that I did not let him down - before a tsunami of unhappiness hits.

'Caring takes control of your entire life. You don't resent it, but you suffer due to the fact that of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest pains after suffering extreme stress while spouse Derek remained in recovery.

She required medical help of her own after being woken by the 2am alarm she sets each night for Good Morning Britain - and discovering she couldn't transfer to turn it off.

In her book, The Strength Of Love, the presenter explained how she then felt a 'searing discomfort' in her chest and was immediately taken to the nearby A&E for tests.

Kate has been busy handling a chaotic work schedule, as the real level of her debts are exposed.

She has actually openly gone over how she has actually been entrusted to financial obligations between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after looking after her late hubby Derek.

In addition to tackling debts connected to the ₤ 16,000 a month costs for his care, a brand-new liquidator's report has actually revealed the big tax expenses that are yet to be paid by Derek's now-defunct psychotherapeutic business Astra Aspera.

Derek died at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year battle with long Covid (seen in 2007)

She described: 'I still wake up in the middle of the night stressing that I haven't offered him his medication'

The company, which was collectively managed by Kate, went bust owing hundreds of thousands of pounds to creditors, consisting of a big bill to HMRC.

Kate has been hectic promoting her numerous work tasks as her debts loom over her but it's not the first time the broadcaster has actually needed to deal with monetary issues.

In 2012, two other firms collectively controlled by Derek and Kate failed.

Fulfill Media Ltd had financial obligations totalling ₤ 922,807, that included ₤ 88,486 owed to HMRC, ₤ 90,882 to trade financial institutions, and ₤ 462,808 in '3rd party loans'.

At the exact same time, Countrymouse Media Ltd, was liquidated owing ₤ 189,121, that included ₤ 98,944 to the taxman and ₤ 48,000 on an overdrawn directors loan account. Derek and Kate were both personally owed ₤ 24,000 each by the company.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate may have to sell the home to repay her existing financial obligations with one source stating: 'It has cost hundreds of thousands of pounds to take care of Derek and do everything she could to get him better but it's left her having a hard time.'

But hard-working Kate has been on a self-promotion blitz in the middle of her newest monetary concerns.

Alongside her regular GMB work, the star plugged her Smooth Radio show today, exposing she was 'chuffed' that the lunchtime program now reached 2.8 million listeners.

She has actually likewise been teasing her finalizing in perhaps one of the most awaited TV shows of year - Celebrity Traitors.

In addition to the similarity Stephen Fry, Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross Kate headed to Scotland a couple of weeks ago to movie the spin off of the blockbuster BBC series.

Meanwhile, in February she was announced as the host of a new Dubai-set podcast and YouTube series - DXB Unheard.

Each of the eight episodes, which are released weekly, function interviews with Emiratis and Dubai citizens 'who have actually left an enduring mark on the city.'

She filmed the series in 2015 and has confessed that she discovered it 'fascinating' to learn more about how individuals lived their lives at a time when she was pondering her future strategies.

Kate previously revealed that Derek's ₤ 16,000-a-month care expenses eclipsed her GMB wage, confessing in a 2023 interview that she could not even pay for to have the heating on in October.

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest discomforts due to stress amid hubby Derek Draper's COVID-19 battle: 'I thought I was having a cardiovascular disease'

Speaking before her partner's death, Kate stated: 'Derek's care costs more than my wage from ITV which is before you pay for a mortgage, before you pay any home bills, before you pay for anything for the kids, so we are at a crunch point.

'I am in financial obligation. I can't make adequate money to cover my debt due to the fact that I am managing Derek's care and I can't even utilize the cash I do have to support Derek's healing, since it's going on the fundamentals all the time.'

In May in 2015, Kate candidly exposed she's resorted to withdrawing cash from her pension pot to pay the huge expenses throughout a conversation about the NHS and private care on GMB.

Sharing the outcomes of a survey that exposed one in 5 Brits are getting themselves into debt while funding private medical care, she admitted: 'I am doing something comparable myself.

'I have actually had to withdraw the bit you can tax complimentary from my pension to spend for belated expenses for my other half, who has actually now passed away.

'People are needing to do things - it wasn't a substantial pension in the very first place - which aren't what they conserved for.'

Addressing the current HMRC filing, Kate's spokesperson informed MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'stunned' TV star 'does not acknowledge these figures' and touches with HMRC to ensure she 'honours what is needed'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest pains after suffering severe stress while husband Derek was in recovery

Their statement read: 'Kate has actually fulfilled all that the liquidators of Derek's company have requested and more over the previous 4 years.

'She does not recognise these figures and is shocked that it's existing in this method by them.

'Taking care of Derek and supporting her family when Derek could no longer run his own services has actually taken a big financial toll on her but she's identified to put things right.

'She is in continuous contact with HMRC to make sure she honours what's needed from Derek's now defunct company.'

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