In Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital Day Surgery Unit, bed 33 is being prepped for its first patient of the day. Seventy-year-old Christine has come in for an operation on her finger. She developed complications when a splinter went septic, causing permanent damage and pain to her finger. Christine is hoping that she won't need her fingertip amputated.

Over at Leeds Children's Hospital, paediatric bed three is looking after six-year-old Olivia, who has come in with her mum to have a biopsy on her bowel. Olivia is one of around 100,000 children in the UK who suffer from constipation, but hers is chronic. Surgeons will be testing for any serious underlying issues that would require invasive surgery.

At Barnsley Hospital's A&E department, resus bed two is with 27-year-old Jordan, who has been rushed in with a potentially life-threatening collapsed lung.

Back in Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital Day Surgery Unit, bed 40 is about to meet its second patient of the day. Thirty-nine-year-old Helen has a suspected heart condition which doctors are struggling to diagnose.

Back at Barnsley Hospital's A&E Department, bed 12 is with 83-year-old Lewis, who has been brought in by ambulance after collapsing at home. He's with his wife of twenty years Julie, who is concerned that Lewis has severe pain in his back. Show less