Inside the Operating Theatre

Laura decides to have a sterilisation; James has a camera investigation of his lungs to see if he has cancer; and Anne needs an operation to remove a painful lump from her foot.

Nancy has an operation to straighten her squint; Mervyn has a procedure to get rid of constant back pain; Gemma has major foot surgery to tighten a ligament, and remove a bunion.

Today, a dramatic operation where Frank’s heart is stopped and restarted; Zoe has a stent replaced in her ureter; and Robert is in hospital to have his painful haemorrhoids banded.

Trisha has an investigation of her womb to find out if she has cancer, Steve’s varicose veins are stripped from his leg; and Dennis needs an operation to strengthen his eyelid.

Isaac has an operation on his tongue; staff member David has a prostate biopsy carried out by his colleagues; and Lynette has several toes straightened and one part-amputated.

Nigel has keyhole surgery to repair his hernia; Carol has a pin removed from her ankle; and Barbara’s has a potentially cancerous mole removed and tested.

Kacey has an operation to stop her eyelid drooping over her pupil – and help her see properly; Matthew gets his broken nose reset; and Mary has a trapped nerve in her wrist.

Nick has an ultrasound to find out if he needs open-heart surgery; Irene has gel removed from her eye to make her see again; and Hannah finally has her enormous tonsils taken out.

Nathan has two twisted teeth extracted; Bob has keyhole surgery for a groin hernia; and Peggy keeps the team entertained while having a potentially cancerous growth removed.

Jonathan has a camera put inside his lungs to find out if he has lung cancer; James needs an operation on his knee; and Jan has a large growth removed from behind her ear.

Sarah has an operation to repair a hernia; Geoffrey is desperate to save his sight after his retina becomes detached; Dylan needs to have his ear wax blockage sucked out.

Sally is having an operation to remove her wisdom teeth; Brian is having a double hernia repaired; and Joyce has the first of two cataract operations to help her see properly.

Peter needs an urgent operation to repair a detached retina; Tony has a leaky vein which has caused an ulcer in his leg; Izzy has a canine tooth that needs exposing.

Lyn has an investigation of her womb after a recent biopsy revealed abnormal cells; Steve has his varicose veins removed; and Rhys is having a hernia repaired.

Julia has a camera investigation of her womb; Emma has a rare, painful foot condition and needs an operation to remove a section of bone; and Peter has his broken nose reset.

Ben needs his gallbladder removed; AJ is in agony with compressed nerves in her toes and needs an operation to free them; and David has a carcinoma removed from his eyelid.

Connie has a polyp removed from her womb; Carl has a keyhole operation to remove torn cartilage from his knee; Brad is having a varicose vein stripped from his leg.

Luke is having an operation to straighten his squint; Brian needs an ultrasound taken from inside his lung to confirm if he has cancer; Paige is having her wisdom teeth removed.

Thomas has four baby teeth that haven't fallen out and need removing; Les is having his urethra widened; and Lesley needs an operation to stop her persistent nose bleeds.