Anne Diamond, 69, reveals she was rushed to hospital with severely high blood pressure that left paramedics ‘white’ with concern – months after breast cancer diagnosis

Anne Diamond has revealed she was rushed to hospital after suffering yet another undisclosed health crisis that left paramedics ‘blank with fear’.

The 69-year-old broadcaster recently opened up about how she underwent treatment for breast cancer and gave detailed information about her GB News Breakfast Show how she had to take time off screen due to dangerously high blood pressure.

She said, “Some of you have asked why I was gone. The reason I was out had a lot to do with having astonishingly high blood pressure.

“And while that wasn’t the whole problem, and I’ve yet to get a proper diagnosis of what was going on, it was a big part of the problem.

‘I didn’t know I had such incredibly high blood pressure. When the paramedics saw it, they turned a little pale and said, “Well, you’re going to the hospital.” And that was that.

‘It got me thinking, because wherever you go these days, in the doctor’s office or in the pharmacy, there is always a message about it.

‘And no matter how young you think you are, you need to measure your blood pressure. It’s easy to do and all the rest of it, but it’s also obviously a huge thing.

‘I just think there may be a lot more campaigning to be done. I’ve been on something of a crash course over the past month. But high blood pressure is a real problem, and probably low blood pressure too.

‘But your blood pressure is extremely important. And the younger you start it, the less likely you are to have major problems later in life. Obviously it affects absolutely everything, so maybe we all need to be a little more blood pressure aware.”

Anne, who has been off-screen for several weeks, said she is now feeling much better and that doctors have managed to bring her blood pressure down to a safer level.

Last year, Anne revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.

The presenter explained that she had undergone a double mastectomy in what she described as her ‘battle against breast cancer’.

She said it had been “a long journey” and that was the reason for her recent absence.

The 69-year-old presenter told her GBNews Breakfast Show how she had to take time off screen due to dangerously high blood pressure

Anne, who has been off screen for several weeks, said she is now feeling much better and that doctors have managed to get her blood pressure down to a safer level.

Last year, Anne revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and explained she had undergone a double mastectomy

“I haven’t been on a world cruise, that’s what I know social media is saying… because I’m now known for my love of cruises,” she said in an interview.

“It’s been a battle against breast cancer. That’s it. It’s been a long journey. And five months later, I’m still not at the end of the journey, but I’ve experienced it enough to go back to work.’

Diamond started her career in regional news before becoming a star of daytime television for both the BBC and ITV in the 1980s and 1990s.

The British journalist, presenter and children’s health campaigner has presented programs such as Good Morning with Anne and Nick, co-starring Nick Owen, and TV Weekly.

Last year she joined GB News to front the weekend breakfast show with Stephen Dixon.

She explained that she had been diagnosed with cancer on the same morning she received an email saying she would be awarded an OBE in the 2023 New Year Honors for services to public health and charities, for her campaign against cot death.

After her son Sebastian died of cot death [Sids] in 1991, Diamond joined forces with the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID), now the Lullaby Trust, and health authorities to launch the Back to Sleep campaign.