Every year, thousands of young patients are admitted to the Sheffield Children's Hospital. Some of the stories are dramatic, such as the emergency admission of five-month-old Gemma, suffering from meningitis. But for other children, being at hospital is a way of life for example Eleven-year-old Lisa knows the hospital better than many who work there.
At 11.00pm, a baby is about to be born by emergency caesarian. If the baby's to survive, it will need major surgery, and specialists are standing by. Meanwhile, despite her disease of the gut and a sprained ankle, plucky Lisa is determined to keep her date as mascot with Sheffield Wednesday. And back on Ward 5, Jonathan has come round from a lengthy operation to correct his talipes, or club foot - to face the first of many days of pain.
Severe winter weather has led to a rush of emergency admissions, and every bed is full; but there are still children with chronic problems in need of surgical beds. Into the chaos comes Michael , a toddler with a serious intolerance to food, here to attempt the "egg challenge". Meanwhile 2-year-old Luke is down on intensive care, as he has been for most of his life, struck down by a rogue virus, paralysed from the waist down. And Jonathan is back, as the frame on his foot is causing him pain.
Fifteen-month-old Jonathan has been diagnosed with a tumour of the kidney. To save his life the organ must be removed. It is a very tense time for his parents Cathy and Ian and hours before the emergency operation he catches a cold. Will the operation have to be cancelled? Bright and bubbly 13-year-old Bunty has a rare tumour. She's been in and out of hospital for months but at last the massive doses of chemotherapy are beginning to take effect.
Tonight a minor operation, but a major event for 6-year-old Abigail ,who has her ears pinned back. Meanwhile, a teenage boy is rushed unconscious to the hospital after an accident at school.
For the past few weeks 4-year-old Luke has been pale and tired. Without warning he is diagnosed as having leukaemia. He must start chemotherapy, while his devastated family struggle to come to terms with his life-threatening illness. Meanwhile Sheila Jackson is busy fundraising for cancer charity. She's planning a big balloon race for all the children on the cancer ward. Six-year-old Abigail is back after the operation to pin back her ears. What will they look like once the bandages have been removed?
Three-week-old baby James has had difficulty breathing since he was born, but experts at the hospital are baffled. He has already had a battery of tests without conclusive results, and so it's time for a brain scan at the adult hospital nearby. Back on Intensive Care, mum and grandma can only sit and wait.
Four-year-old Karl was diagnosed with spina bifida before he was born, and in a few weeks' time he is due to go to an ordinary primary school. For Karl it's the biggest challenge of his life.
It's FA Cup final day and Sheffield Wednesday are playing Arsenal: the whole hospital is glued to the television. Football-mad Lisa has to watch from her bed. Back in again is Jonathan . There's been a setback in the long, painful treatment of his club foot. While trouble is brewing among disgruntled domestic staff, on the ward 10-year-old Rebecca faces a lifetime of injections. Doctors suspect she might have diabetes.
The final story from the wards begins amid the excitement of bonfire night. Despite the warnings, accidents still happen and Casualty is on stand-by. Eleven-year-old Frankie has been out collecting bonfire wood and gets his thumb stuck on a nail. Meanwhile on Ward 4, doctors are worried about little Simon 's new liver. And as the series draws to an end, we catch up with the youngsters who have featured over the last ten weeks.
The return of the highly acclaimed series with more heart-warming stories from the wards of Sheffield Children's Hospital. What new dilemmas face the hospital and how are some of the children featured last year progressing?
This week, a visit to the heart of the hospital, the intensive care unit, where 4-year-old Natasha is rushed in suffering from severe smoke inhalation. Doctors fear massive brain damage and all her parents can do is wait. For children like Natasha, intensive care is their last chance, but the unit is small and pressure for beds is great. Doctors battle not only for Natasha's life, but also for extra beds.
In the last series, Jonathan , now aged 2, was diagnosed as having a large tumour in his kidney. The tumour was removed and he appeared cured, but it has unexpectedly come back. Now, after intensive chemotherapy, he is due for a body scan. Born with crushed lungs and a hole in his diaphragm, newborn baby Shaun needs an urgent operation at the children's neo-natal clinic - but he's 50 miles away in Scunthorpe.
New born baby Shaun is still in a critical condition with a hernia in his diaphragm. One in three babies with this condition do not survive and they are never able to breathe for themselves. Four-year-old James is having grommets placed in his ears to cure glue ear. And cheerful 12-year-old Lisa is back in hospital for the sixth time this year-she has the incurable bowel condition Crohn's disease.
Seven-year-old Daniel has relapsed with leukaemia. His only chance is to have a bone marrow transplant, but that only offers a 50 percent chance of cure and is risky: his body may reject the marrow. His younger brother Lewis, aged 4, is a donor match. For their parents it's an agonising decision. Should they go ahead?
It's an action-packed day in the casualty department, where staff will treat as many as 100 patients before the day is through. The first big case is 12-year-old Graeme , who has fallen out of a tree in the school playground and broken both his wrists so severely he's in danger of losing his hands.
Four-year-old Nicholas has haemophilia. He has been receiving the blood product Factor 8 to stop the excruciating bleeds into his joints which could affect him in later life. But Factor 8 no longer works for him and the doctors are baffled as to how to stop his bleeds. And 4-year-old brittle bones sufferer Hayley returns to have her plaster casts removed.
Eleven-year-old Claire is only three feet nine inches tall. Surgery could lengthen her legs, but it's a process that will take more than three years. Will she decide to go through with it?
Things do not go according to plan when 11 -year-old Claire , who suffers from the condition known as achondroplastic dwarfism, has surgery to lengthen her legs. Meanwhile, 9-year-old Oliver comes in for his latest operation - he must have the warts that could stop him breathing removed from his throat. And baby Emma is still on the danger list six weeks after her liver transplant.
Christmas is approaching. 6-year-old Michael has been rushed into intensive care after a road accident and doctors fear damage to his brain. Five-year-old Michael was born with an abnormal food pipe and has problems eating. He needs regular operations to stretch his gullet but is still seriously underweight and his growth could be stunted for life. Meanwhile, Chief Executive Richard Jeavons is overseeing one of the hospital's expansions.
A new series, this time focusing on Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital. Tonight, new-born baby Leon arrives with a rare and life-threatening condition where his stomach and intestines have formed outside his body. Meanwhile, four-year-old Thomas is rushed into casualty with serious head injuries following a road traffic accident.
Tonight sees the arrival of four-year-old Ryan, who has been savagely attacked by a dog, and a boy with a peanut stuck up his nose. There are updates on Thomas, who was brought in last week following a road accident, and on the progress of baby Leon who was born with his intestines outside his body.
Fifteen-year-old Penny tonight sees the surgeon hoping to correct her curvature of the spine, while four-year-old Thomas is recovering from head injuries after being hit by a car.
Nine-year-old Sean faces a five-hour exploratory operation for a possible head tumour, while surgeon John Dorgan prepares teenager Penny to walk for the first time following her spinal operation.
This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, six-year-old Lucy , is fitted with a pacemaker, two-year-old Adam is rushed in from North Wales with a blood infection which can kill children in hours, and in casualty, a woman is convinced her grandson has swallowed a screw.
This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, eight-year-old Antony may need neurosurgery after being admitted with a serious head injury. Surgeon John Dorgan prepares to operate on six-month old David , whose club foot needs correcting, and five-year-old Nikita arrives to begin a new course of cancer treatment.
This week at Liverpool's Alder-Hey children's hospital, five-year-old Nikita returns for the next stage in her cancer treatment, while doctors battle against time to save three-year-old Sean who is virtually unconscious from an asthma attack.
This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, five-year-old Alan is treated after jumping out of a window, a baby who swallowed turpentine, and a boy who has had an aerosol paint can explode in his face. Also, casualty nurse Mark keeps an eye on his nine-year-old son David during an asthma check-up, and five-year-old Nikita starts chemotherapy treatment for her cancer.
This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, anaesthetist Fiona Reynolds finds her stamina pushed to the limit during 24 hours on call. She has to help deal with a 15-week premature baby needing an operation for a perforated bowel, then in casualty, is faced with a two-and-a-half-year-old girl with possible brain swelling after a fit in the bath. Also, six-year-old Nikita is back for the latest stage in her cancer treatment.
This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, toddler Gregory faces treatment with leeches to speed up healing, after microsurgery to replace his fingertips. Casualty newcomer Dr Dan Carroll has to deal with a teenage overdose, while two girls with cerebral palsy face operations to improve their walking.
This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, two-year-old twins Katie and Aimee both have pre-operation tests for holes in the heart. Sixteen-year-old Nadia and ten-year-old Louise, who have walking problems caused by cerebral palsy, return to the hospital to take their first steps following operations on their legs, and casualty nurse Mike Callaghan deals with a teenage girl who has swallowed a 50 pence piece.
This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, a baby born prematurely at home is rushed in with serious breathing problems, and two-year-old twins Katy and Aimee undergo operations to repair holes in their hearts. Also, student nurse Steve Allen has an interview for an accident and emergency post.
This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, consultant neurosurgeon Paul May operates on eight-year-old Danielle , who was born with two holes in her skull, and 18-month-old Cameron , whose brain produces excess fluid.
This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, a boy is treated after losing the tip of his finger in a door, while one-day-old Faith has just a 50 per cent chance of survival after being born with a hole in her diaphragm. She needs emergency surgery as her intestines place pressure on her heart and lungs. Also ten-year-old Stephen, who has brittle bone disease, has his seventh operation on his club foot.
This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, 13-year-old Martin, who was riding on top of a coal train, is rushed in with serious burns after being electrocuted by an overhead railway cable. Baby Faith leaves intensive care after surgery on her diaphragm, and brittle bone sufferer Steven hopes to walk for the first time in his life after an operation on his club foot.
This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, two-year-old Jamal has tests for a series of seizures, baby James has a puzzling rash, and Martin, who last week suffered serious burns from an overhead railway cable, hears the extent of his injuries and faces learning to walk again.
This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital, 14-year-old Steven, confined to a wheelchair with a muscle-wasting disease, faces an operation to straighten his spine, while 13-year-old Martin takes his first steps after being badly burned in a railway accident.
This week nurse Alan Higginson is faced with three drunken teenagers, eight-year-old Andrew has his lungs examined internally with a fibre-optic telescope, and Nikita returns for tests to see if her cancer has cleared.
This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey hospital, 14-year-old Stephen has an emergency operation after a firework exploded in his hand, and 9-year-old Laura has a head brace fitted to correct two slipped neck vertibrae.
The last in the series focusing on Liverpool's Alder Hey hospital sees Andrew 's chest problems finally diagnosed. Brittle bone sufferer Steven tries to walk on his own for the first time, and 11-year-old Leonie is in casualty after being hit by a car.
Mike Callaghan and the casualty staff have to establish if a boy has been bitten by a poisonous snake. And surgeon Paul Losty must repair the hole in the diaphragm of one of the twin girls who were born 13-weeks prematurely.
Nine-year-old spina bifida sufferer Jason is rushed into casualty for emergency surgery. Staff must decide how to treat 21-month-old Darryl, who has a growth on his lip. And consultant Paul Losty checks up on Toni, the baby born with a hole in her diaphragm.
An emergency team collects two-week-old Ella, whose heart is racing at twice the normal speed. Surgeon John Davidson must operate on 11-year-old Amy who has a badly broken wrist.
Tonight the arrival of eight-month-old Liberty who has a liver cyst, but the extent of the damage it has caused is not yet known, four-year-old Heather is brought in with a bead from an earring lodged in her ear, and doctors are baffled by ten-year-old Kelsey who is admitted, mysteriously unable to speak.
Tonight, four-year-old Samantha, who has already had one ovary removed because of tumours, is about to undergo a further operation to remove her second ovary. Ten year-old Kelsey has returned for her first session with a speech therapist, and mother-of-five, Sharon Corbett, goes into labour.
Tonight, 16-month-old Amy has an operation to fit an artificial eye. Meanwhile, seven-day-old Callum is brought in to casualty with feeding problems, and the lab results return on four-year-old Samantha's tumour.
Andrew Sachs pays a seasonal visit to Liverpool's Alder Hey hospital to meet medical staff and check on the progress of young patients featured in this year's series. Among the children he meets is Thomas, who was knocked down while crossing the road to buy an ice cream.
Tonight the staff deal with a seriously-ill newborn baby and tend to injuries sustained by Guy Fawkes night revellers.
This week the patients include a four-year-old boy having a major operation to correct his club foot, and a four-month-old girl who is admitted to have a fused bone in her skull removed. Plus updates on the progress of two patients featured last week.
This week the patients include an eight-month-old girl who has gone into cardiac arrest and a two-year-old with a hole in her heart. Plus an update on one of last week's young patients.
This week the heart-breaking dilemma of parents with a chronically ill daughter, the girl with a severely gashed leg, and a six-year-old in such pain he cannot walk. Plus updates on two patients featured last week.
This week the staff are faced with Jack, a six-month-old baby with suspected meningitis, and ten-year-old Christine, who has bowel disease and may need another operation. Plus there's good news for leukaemia sufferer Danielle
This week the patients include a one-year-old with an abnormal lump in his liver, a teenager with chronic arthritis and a girl who would like her protruding ears set back.
Tonight a four-year-old haemophilia A sufferer who has an operation that will change his life, plus an update on one-year-old Kieran's treatment for cancer of the liver.
Twelve-year-old Paul has Crohn's disease and is coming in for his 29th operation, and on a lighter note, porter John Russell is having his head shaved to raise £2,OOO towards a new cancer ward.
Tonight the patients include a 13-year-old who is rushed into casualty after falling down a lift shaft in a derelict tower block, and a 10 year-old girl with a misshapened hip joint who is hoping to have an operation that will help her to walk without pain for the first time in years.
Two-year-old Ryan is rushed into intensive care on the brink of cardiac arrest. Meanwhile, Alex has had an accident with a cupboard full of crockery - but he seems more concerned about his granny's china than about his own injuries.
After undergoing three months of chemotherapy, 19-month-old Kieren has surgery to remove his liver tumour. Meanwhile two-year-old Ryan , who was born with chronic kidney failure, begins treatment to improve his quality of life, and surgeon Rick Turnock tackles a full theatre list.
The last in the series from Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital focuses on a busy Friday night in casualty. Ten-year-old Christopher has accidentally stabbed himself in the leg with a kitchen knife, and two 13-year-old boys are the worse for wear after drinking. Meanwhile football pundit Alan Hansen helps a fundraising campaign.
The documentary series returns for a new ten-part series, this time from Birmingham children's hospital. This week a nine-year-old is rushed in by ambulance after being knocked off his bike by a car, a five-year-old undergoes a nose and palate operation, and a seven-year-old receives unusual treatment for a pound coin stuck in his throat. Also, a ten-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis arrives from Liverpool to review the prospect of a liver transplant.
A premature baby has to be resuscitated when he stops breathing, a 12-year-old with high blood pressure has an operation to remove a stomach tumour, and a ten-year-old girl undergoes the final tests to determine the necessity of a liver transplant.
A profoundly deaf ten-year-old who relies on lip-reading is assessed to discover whether she is suitable to receive an implant which could introduce her to a new world of sound. A nine-year-old boy has damaged his leg in an accident, but may have a more complex injury than was first believed, while a 12-year-old girl must have steroid injections to treat a flare-up in her arthritis, despite the risk to her heart.
Nurse Anita Treharne has a busy day in casualty, where four-year-old Skye is brought in after a dog bites her lip and five-year-old Charlie needs treatment for a badly cut hand. Plus staff find out why a boy's heart is beating so fast and whether a hearing device has worked for a profoundly deaf girl.
There's high drama as six-year-old Adele is flown in from Belfast. She's come for an unprecedented triple-transplant, an operation which offers her release from the tubes by which she has to be fed. But first she has to be well enough for such major surgery. And a nine-year-old has high hopes that a hip operation will let him play football again.
As six-year-old Adele from Belfast awaits her ground-breaking triple-transplant operation, news arrives that donor organs have become available. Meanwhile Dr Tina Newton comes to the rescue of a miserable, cough-stricken Steven, and four-year-old Yasmin has a penny stuck in her gullet.
Chatty eight-year-old Aaron shows great courage in his battle against cancer. Tomboy Clare has fallen off a climbing frame at school. A three-week-old baby who isn't feeding properly is rushed in, breathless. And seven-year-old Adele is recovering from her extraordinary 14-hour triple-transplant operation.
The casualty department is kept busy treating five-year-old Jake , who has a rubber wedged firmly up his nose, and seven-year-old Steven , who has cut his foot while playing in a public fountain. Six-week-old Jessica is rushed in for an emergency operation because she cannot feed or breathe properly. Eight-year-old cancer patient Aaron is well enough to go home, once he starts eating properly again, but two-year-old Ellie , who has had surgery on a cancerous brain tumour, must return to hospital because of an infection.
A five-month-old baby girl causes a surprise for the surgeon who initially suspects she has a hernia. Ten-year-old Laura is rushed in by ambulance from Liverpool for a liver transplant. Meanwhile eight-year-old Aaron waits to go home after a five-month stay in hospital.
This week the hospital faces a major operation of its own when it moves to new premises three miles away and 120 patients and 30,000 pieces of equipment all have to be moved. Plus the two-day-old baby who probably needs surgery to feed properly, a ten-year-old is in pain from sickle-cell anaemia and young Laura returns after having a life-saving liver transplant.
The hospital has moved across the city to a Victorian building transformed into a state-of-the-art paediatric centre. However, the following day four-year-old Jack has to have his leg x-rayed in the main radiology unit as the x-ray machine is not yet working. Cheerful Becky, who has brittle-bone disease, is in for a tricky operation to straighten her arm.
Eight weeks ago Adele underwent major surgery and was given a new liver, small bowel and pancreas. She has made astonishing progress but suddenly she suffers a setback. Teenager Russell faces heart surgery. A valve is leaking, and a baby born with a cleft lip needs treatment.
Becky, a 12-year-old who suffers from a rare disease which makes her bones brittle, finally sees the results of an operation to straighten her arm when the plaster is removed. Meanwhile the parents of 15-year-old Russell, who left hospital last week after major open-heart surgery, are concerned that all is not well with his new heart valve.
Plastic surgeon Ruth Lester tries to create a new thumb for five-year-old Sam, who was born with just four fingers on his left hand. Meanwhile, a thumb injury causes problems for 15-year-old Omah
Surgeon David Proops operates on a three-year-old girl with a rare throat disorder, and colleague Sean Corkery gets a surprise while attending to a 13-year-old boy who complains of intense stomach pain. Casualty nurse Stuart Mason finds that the case of a five-year-old girl brought in with a cut on her head has potentially serious complications.
Twelve-year-old Holly, who has had problems with her digestive system for more than half her life, undergoes tests which she hopes will finally lead to a diagnosis of her puzzling illness. Three specialist surgeons operate on an 11-month-old baby born with her skull bones already fused. And Dr Sue Morgan attends to a boy who has been injured during a game of football.
Eleven-year-old Laura has cystic fibrosis and, unusually, the disease has affected her liver. She needs a liver transplant and Laura and her parents Sheila and Gerry must attend the hospital for the new donor organ to be tested. Three-year-old football fan Luke's heart is too small and after two operations has come in for life-saving surgery pioneered by leading heart specialist Bill Brawn. Last week 11-year-old Gemma had surgery to her skull to prevent brain damage, and this week the bandages come off.
Three-year-old Luke is starting to recover from his cardiac operation to the relief of his mother. For five-year-old Chantelle, however, her chest pain may mean a return of her heart problem. Cardiac specialist Joe Giovanni, who has looked after her since she was born, must use a rare and risky technique to assess the problem. And 15-year-old Arslan arrives on a stretcher with a broken leg after a rugby accident.
Nine-year-old Andrew has a transplant to replace his damaged kidneys. But a week later the new kidney starts to fail and Andrew must go for an urgent scan. Meanwhile, 13-year-old Amy comes in for an eye-operation: one of her eyes was destroyed by cancer when she was three and the pins holding the false one in place have become infected.
The 100th episode and the last in the present series about life at Birmingham children's hospital. Two-day-old Kyle needs emergency heart surgery, but first the surgeons need to determine if he has brain damage. Meanwhile, as 14-year-old Leanne hopes to return home after seven months in hospital, eight-year-old Robert prepares for another heart operation. With the Queen coming, he has an extra incentive to get better quickly.
Jeremy Spake visits St Petersburg's regional children's hospital where, against the backdrop of Russia's economic crisis, a dedicated team of doctors and nurses struggle to treat seriously ill children from one of the country's poorest areas.
Tonight an air ambulance brings in a seven-year-old girl injured in an M5 road crash, a three-hour-old baby boy faces a serious stomach operation, and a mother suspects her daughter may have contracted meningitis.
Jamie , aged 12, has a major operation on his spine, 14-year-old severely deaf Louisa wants artificial ears to make her look like her friends, and a five-day-old baby struggles to feed.
Three-year-old Charlotte returns to the Birmingham hospital for brain surgery, two years after a tumour operation.
A seven-year-old girl is admitted to the Birmingham hospital after being run over, Ria (aged four) has problems with her bow legs, and an indoor skate park is creating problems for casualty.
Severely deaf Louisa (aged 14) is admitted to the children's hospital where she is to be fitted with prosthetic ears. There's a fillip for soccer-mad patient Jamie.
Having lost her toes as a result of surviving an acute attack of meningitis, six-year-old Georgette receives an operation to make walking easier. Also, 12-year-old patient Jamie meets the Manchester United team.
The Children's hospital of Philadelphia is the oldest of its kind in the United States. Among the patients featured in tonight's film are an 18-month-old boy receiving a transplanted kidney donated by his mother.
The first in a new six-part series about life for the staff and patients of the Children's Hospital in Birmingham. The first programme follows seven-year-old Charlotte as she undergoes surgery on her vocal chords.
Tonight eight-week-old baby Fletcher is rushed to the liver unit in a bid to cure his life-threatening condition. Nathan is recovering from brain surgery.
Twelve-year-old Becky - a long-term patient with brittle bone disease - receives some new treatment. One-year-old Harry is rushed in with breathing problems.
Six-year-old Mercedes, who has a rare hereditary heart defect, arrives for pioneering surgery. A boy, aged 12, is rushed to casualty after falling from a school coach.
An 11-year-old boy, unable to move his legs after falling off a seesaw, is airlifted to casualty. Charlotte, aged two and a half, faces delicate surgery on her spinal cord.
Nine-year-old John and his parents rush to the hospital at one o'clock in the morning. A donor liver is on its way, and John could get the transplant he desperately needs.
In the first of a new eight-part series set in Birmingham's Children's hospital a four-year-old is rushed to casualty after impaling his hand on an iron railing. Can a new form of treatment help a six-year-old with cerebral palsy walk without crutches? And Danielle wants to end the teasing by having an operation to stop her ears sticking out.
Cardiac surgeons have to operate immediately when five-month-old Daniel is diagnosed with a rare heart condition. Six-year-old Chris finds out whether the treatment to help him walk has worked, while eight-year-old Adele awaits the final stage of her triple transplant treatment.
At Birmingham's Children's Hospital, seven-year-old Samantha , born with spina bifida, is having a new walking frame and is learning how to use crutches. Also, eight-year-old Adele discovers whether her latest triple transplant treatment is a success.
The Duke of Kent pays a visit to Birmingham's Children's hospital for the launch of the virtual-reality classroom, much to the delight of 15-year-old Azim , who is preparing for a liver-and-kidney transplant. Aideen , who is celebrating the end of her GCSEs, has cerebral palsy and has decided that she needs an operation on her mouth.
In this edition two 11-year-olds face different challenges. Nathan is battling against a rare type of leukaemia. Having already undergone months of chemotherapy, he is back in hospital fora bone-marrow transplant. Christopher is rushed into casualty after being run over by a bus. He has numerous injuries, including a broken arm and leg, and must master using a wheelchair before he can go home.
Tonight, 14-year-old Azim finally gets the liver and kidney transplant he desperately needs, six-year-old Tasha Light faces major surgery for a painful hip condition, and doctors come to the rescue of 15-year-old Ben who accidentally swallows a drawing pin.
This week, the case of Thomas, born with a hole in his heart he now has an obstruction in his aortic valve.
This last episode in the series catches up with some of the children featured in the past to find out how they are now. They include Becky who was given a new treatment for brittle bone disease that has changed her life
First in a new series at Manchester Childrens Hospital
Eight-month-old Jake remains in a critical condition in the new series set at Manchester children's hospital. Meanwhile, young Jebran recovers from an operation to strengthen his spine.
A race against time looms in the series set in Manchester - local children are seriously ill with suspected meningitis. Meanwhile, eight-month-old Jake's mother can finally hold him in her arms again.
Will an operation make it easier for cerebral palsy sufferer James to walk? Meanwhile, a rare condition threatens the ambitions of dancer Angela.
Cerebral palsy sufferer James is about to have his plaster removed, while aspiring dancer Angela undergoes an operation to remove the bony lumps from her leg.
A shooting could harm the hopes of athlete Gary. Meanwhile, there's an emergency call about a premature baby who is struggling to breathe.
Hit by a van when two years old, Charlie has waited five years for an operation to cover his scar. Also in the first of this new six-part series, 15-year-old Amy undergoes tests to see if her severe epilepsy can be cured and baby Paul has teams of surgeons working simultaneously on his fingers and toes.
At Manchester children's hospital, A&E consultant Jimmy Stewart attempts to coax a foreign object from a three-year-old's nose; tests reveal what lies at the root of 15-year-old Amy's seizures; and little Charlie prepares for surgery to fix an unsightly scar on his scalp.
A mother anxiously awaits the birth of her son, knowing that he will be born with a facial abnormality. And 15-year-old Amy recovers after an operation to curb her epilepsy.
Following a tracheotomy to alleviate breathing difficulties, 14-year-old Richard has a scan to determine whether he can undergo surgery to rebuild his damaged throat.
Baby Rachel battles against liver cancer, Richard learns whether surgery has allowed him to breathe normally and Adam is anxious about an operation to lengthen his leg.
In the last in the series, baby Rachel has life-saving surgery, a five-year-old fractures his skull in a golfing accident and Adam begins to walk again on his leg-lengthening frame.
A special edition of the fly-on-the-wall documentary series, focusing on a six-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl being treated at Birmingham children's hospital.