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.

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.

Arabella has come to have squints in both eyes realigned; Colin is having his gallbladder removed; and Rita gets grommets inserted in her ears.

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.