Inside the Operating Theatre

Today, four-year old Arabella has come to have squints in both eyes realigned; Colin is having his gallbladder removed; and Rita really hopes she won't need hearing aids any more after she gets grommets inserted in her ears.

Sarah has an operation to repair the hernia she got after giving birth; Geoffrey is desperate to save his sight after his retina becomes detached; and four-year-old Dylan's ear wax blockage is so bad he needs a general anaesthetic to have it sucked out.

Dr Fox's fiancée Sally is having an operation to remove her wisdom teeth – leaving him in the visitor's chair, Brian is having a double hernia repaired and Joyce has the first of two cataract operations to help her see properly.

Peter has been flown home from holiday for an urgent operation to repair a detached retina, Tony has a leaky vein which has caused an ulcer in his leg, and 14-yearold Izzy has a canine tooth which hasn't descended properly and needs exposing.

Lyn has an investigation of her womb after a recent biopsy revealed abnormal cells, Steve is worried about only getting a local anaesthetic before his varicose veins are removed and 23-year-old gym fanatic Rhys is having a hernia repaired.

Julia has a camera investigation of her womb to find out the reason for her heavy bleeding, Emma has a rare painful foot condition so needs an operation to remove a section of bone and Peter's having his badly broken nose reset.

Today, 21-year-old Ben has lost 11 stone but now needs his gallbladder removed as a result, AJ is in agony with compressed nerves in her toes and needs an operation to free them and David is in hospital to have a carcinoma removed from his eyelid.

Former RAF servicewoman Connie is in hospital to have a polyp removed from her womb, Carl will be wide awake while he has keyhole operation to remove torn cartilage from his knee and Brad is having a varicose vein stripped from his leg.

8-year-old Luke is having an operation to straighten his squint, Brian needs an ultrasound taken from inside his lung to confirm whether he has cancer and new mum Paige is having her wisdom teeth removed.

15-year-old Thomas has 4 baby teeth that haven't fallen out and need removing, Les is having his urethra widened so that a camera can pass into his bladder to check his cancer hasn't returned and Lesley needs an operation to stop her persistent nose bleeds.