Inside the Operating Theatre

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.

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.