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Emmerdale actress updated her 60,000 Twitter followers on her health scare, as she thanked the NHS for looking after her.Samantha, 50, said she was in hospital after needing urgent medical treatment and would be "home soon".She wrote on Twitter: “Huge thank you to all the wonderfully caring staff at @LiverpoolWomens for looking after me today.“#NHS [heart emoji] I’m fine and I’ll be home soon.” (sic)Samantha has played recurring character Bernice Blackstock in Emmerdale since 1998.Plenty of her fans and followers took to Twitter to wish the actress a speedy recovery.Reece Dinsdale, who played the villainous Paul Ashdale on the ITV soap, commented: “Speedy recovery, Samantha!”Rachel Deackes added: “What ever it is/was make sure you rest up and get better soon.”Emma Bispham wrote: “Wishing you a speedy recovery darling Sam. “Thank goodness for the #NHS.Sending lots of love xxxxxx.” (sic)Amanda Ralph wrote: “Hope you're feeling well.

She's been a mainstay of Emmerdale for 25 years. But now we'll be saying goodbye to B&B owner and former Woolpack landlady Bernice Blackstock, as actress Samantha Giles 'quits' the ITV soap. Samantha, 52, is set to leave the Yorkshire Dales behind later in the year.This will be the fourth time that the actress has left the show since she made her debut back in 1998.

Actress Jacqueline Leonard recently reprised her role as Linda Hancock in hit ITV soap Coronation Street. The soap star, 56, made a welcome return to our screens earlier this month, with Linda arriving in Weatherfield to see her grandson, Joseph Brown (William Flanagan). Her return had fans in a frenzy as they searched to find out where they recognised Jacqueline from, before uncovering her past stints on other rival soaps, including EastEnders.