Katie Price reveals her mother Amy, 74, is 'still in hospital and very poorly' as she gives health update on her battle with terminal lung disease

Katie Price has revealed her mother is still in hospital and 'very poorly'. 

Amy, 74, was diagnosed with the terminal lung disease Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) in 2017. 

IPF 'is a condition in which the lungs become scarred and breathing becomes increasingly difficult', the NHS state.

Katie gave an update on her podcast, The Katie Price Show, as she said: 'Mum is still in hospital. She’s very poorly.

'She’s very poorly at the minute, but she loves watching what we’re doing. She loves us at the NTAs, she loved it, seeing us all there.'

Back in July, Katie revealed she was terrified their mother was going to die while they were filming the Sky documentary, Nothing To Hide. 

She said: 'There were so many times we thought we were gonna lose mum through the filming. She just keeps battling through and I never thought she’d make the BAFTAs [in February], none of us did.'

Katie also gave an update about her mother's health on Good Morning Britain in May, after host Susanna Reid asked how Amy is doing. 

Katie replied: 'My mum is poorly.' 

She continued: 'Mum, I know you're watching. I know you're unwell, but I just want to say that I love you so much.

'I'm coming to see you tomorrow, so yeah, she's not well at the moment, really not well. I love you so much mum, you'll probably be tearing up watching this.' 

Just two months earlier, Amy had battled an infection.  

Last year Katie detailed how 'frustrating' Amy's ongoing health challenges were, explaining she was 'still switched on' but unable 'to do the things she used to do'.

Speaking to Amy on her podcast, The Katie Price Show, Katie told fans how her mum has some good days and some bad days. 

She said: 'I do feel for you mum, because people have to understand what my mum's gone through. Like her brain is just so active and still switched on. She can't do the things that she used to do, which is frustrating for her.

'Now here's an example, because I am a patient person, but when my mother teases me and say, "Let's go look at the shops in Isle of Wight, shall I take my walker or wheelchair?" and I'm like "No we're taking your wheelchair because I'm not taking an hour."'

Amy responded: 'It's not doing me any good because I'm meant to walk to help myself.'  

When Amy was first diagnosed with IPF in 2017, medics told her she had a life expectancy of up to five years, with Katie later saying that she had just 'two weeks left to live' when she finally found a lung donor in 2022.

Giving an update on her health in November 2024, Amy told the Daily Star: 'It's a slow process and it's taken a while. I've had quite a few setbacks but that's to be expected but I'm in the right direction.

'The trouble is when you have a lung transplant it's so easy to sit because you still get a bit breathless but if I don't exercise, I won't move forward.

'I had a single lung transplant but it would seize up so I've got to exercise to get it working.'