Home and Away's Olivia Deeble in hospital recovering from brain swelling

The 16-year-old, who plays Raffy Morrison on the long-running Channel 7 TV series took to Instagram to share the news with her fans.

The young actress explained that she hit her head this week and ended up concussed with swelling on her brain.

"I’m fairly crook at the moment and have been to hospital a couple of times but slowly improving," she wrote.

"I won’t be on social media a lot due to the fact I’m sleeping like 12 hours a day but wanted to let you all know I’m still here and am trying to get better as soon as possible"

"Thanks for the constant support love you all lots x (also thanks mum for taking photos of me passed out...)".

Deeble's fellow Home and Away stars shared their well wishes on her post.

"Sending lots of love and love healing vibes beautiful," Penny McNamee wrote.

Georgie Parker said: "Please take your time getting back into everything. Love you sweetheart."

Deeble has starred on the award winning soap since late 2016.