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

Karen Blick and James Hooton

Karen Blick and James Hooton

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.

"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."

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."

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."

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."