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.