Is Chas leaving Emmerdale? Lucy Pargeter’s future on ITV soap confirmed after health diagnosis

Lucy Pargeter’s future on Emmerdale has been revealed after Chas Dingle’s breast cancer diagnosis.

Chas found out tonight, that like her mother Faith Dingle, she had been diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer. It left her reeling and struggling to cope after she sent Liam Cavanagh away and told him she needed some time alone.

Fans have grown concerned this will be the beginning of the end for Lucy’s character Chas Dingle, but the ITV soap has yet to confirm whether Chas will sadly suffer the same fate as Faith or whether she’ll make a full recovery.

Speaking during tonight’s show, the doctor revealed to Chas: “So we did a biopsy to extract samples of tissue from your breast and we had a look at those samples under a microscope and we did find cancer cells.

“You have breast cancer, triple negative. If you think of cancer as a house, the front door has three different locks called receptors. We use three different keys to get into the house to destroy the cells. With triple negative, it doesn’t have any receptors.”

When Chas remarked it was the same as her mum’s, and that it had been very aggressive, the doctor tried to reassure her: “Every cancer diagnosis is unique but generally yes it can be a more aggressive type of tumour, with faster growth rates.”

She later confirmed she’d been told she was “lucky” to have caught it early, as the doctors had described it as a “superficial” tumour.

Speaking about the storyline, Lucy revealed: “When the producers first discussed this storyline with me I knew I didn’t want us to shy away from any aspect of this diagnosis for Chas. She saw her own mother ultimately die after an incurable breast cancer diagnosis, so for Chas to receive a breast cancer diagnosis herself, makes it all the more poignant.”Our audience knows her so well, they have seen her relationships, know her faults, her passions, her insecurities, quirks and fears. So for them to see this story play out will be more meaningful given everything that has happened to both her and her mother. I think this is the beauty of our genre ‘Soap’. However, I am more than aware of the huge responsibility with us telling this story. I hope we can do it justice. It won’t be all doom and gloom, there will be ups and downs just like with anything. But I hope it looks and feels real. And if just a few people get help for breast changes that do not feel or look right, it could do some good too.”