Commercials and branded content
Short, high-pressure shoot days where delays are expensive and crew welfare still matters.
Film, TV & production
Film & TV Set Medics UK
Production-ready medical cover for film, TV, commercials and location shoots—discreet unit medics and production medics who understand call sheets, risk assessments and the pace of set.
A safe production needs more than a first aid kit in the unit base. Tell us about your call sheet and risk profile—we will recommend cover that matches the shoot, location and risk profile across the North West and nationwide.
On-set medical cover
Medical support that understands production.
Whether you need a set medic for a commercial shoot, a unit medic for a long production day, or a location medic where access, weather or terrain complicate emergency plans, having competent film and TV medical cover on site gives cast, crew and production immediate support when something goes wrong.
LightMed supplies film and TV production medical cover for commercials, branded content, studio and location work—from FREC 4-qualified first responders and emergency medical technicians through to nurses, HCPC-registered paramedics and ambulance resources where the brief requires it. We work discreetly with your call sheet, risk assessment and schedule.
From studio interviews to rural drama, TV production medical cover, stunt sequences and overnight blocks, we match clinician grade to risk—including paramedic for stunt filming when your stunt coordinator and risk assessment call for it.
Set build & strike
Set build, rigging and strike-day medical cover
We can provide medics for set construction, rigging, de-rig and strike days, where the risk profile may be closer to a construction environment than a standard filming day. That can include work around plant, temporary structures, manual handling, working at height, electrical activity, sharp materials and changing site conditions. In those environments, the medic needs to understand PPE, dynamic risk, welfare issues, access routes and escalation—not just on-camera medical cover.
If you need dedicated construction site medical cover for infrastructure or long-form civils work, we provide that as a separate service line; for production-adjacent build and strike, we brief the medic to your unit base, stunt build and art department schedule so cover matches the actual hazards on the day.
Production risk
Film and TV work brings its own risks.
Long working days, outdoor locations, night shoots, stunts, special effects, heat, cold, temporary structures, remote sites, water, animals, children, crowds, vehicles, plant, props, weapons, manual handling and fatigue all change the clinical picture.
A good set medic is not just there for a major trauma call. They are there for the everyday issues that can slow a shoot down:
- Minor injuries
- Burns, cuts and eye irritation
- Dehydration and heat stress
- Cold exposure
- Fainting and collapse
- Headaches and migraines
- Sickness and diarrhoea
- Musculoskeletal pain
- Anxiety and panic symptoms
- Medication concerns
- Asthma, diabetes and known medical conditions
- Safe escalation to NHS services where needed
The right medic gives production a calm clinical presence on site - someone cast and crew can approach early, before a small issue turns into a lost day.
Why book cover
Why productions book on-set medical cover
In Great Britain, HSE's 2024/25 headline figures show 680,000 workers sustained a non-fatal workplace injury, with 59,219 employee injuries reported under RIDDOR and 40.1 million working days lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury.
Film and TV production is not a standard office environment. It is a moving workplace, often built temporarily, with changing locations, changing risk and constant time pressure.
HSE provides specific guidance for film, TV and broadcasting to help those involved comply with their legal duties to eliminate or reduce risks from their work.
An on-set medic supports your production by:
- Providing immediate care when someone is injured or unwell
- Reducing unnecessary disruption for minor issues
- Giving production a clear clinical escalation route
- Supporting stunts, higher-risk scenes and remote locations
- Unit base and build-day awareness where schedules touch rigging and strike
- Documenting patient contacts appropriately
- Advising when 999, urgent care or GP input is needed
- Supporting cast and crew wellbeing during long or difficult shoots
- Giving your H&S team another competent person to liaise with on practical risk
Location risk
Rural and location shoots
Remote locations can make emergency response more complicated.
In some rural and semi-rural locations, ambulance response can be affected by travel distance, access constraints, poor mobile signal, weather, estate roads, locked gates, unit parking, narrow lanes and wider ambulance system pressure.
NHS activity reporting for August 2024 showed average Category 2 ambulance response times at 33 minutes and 25 seconds, above the 30-minute recovery target at that point.
That does not mean every location will wait that long. It does mean productions should not assume that a 999 ambulance will arrive quickly enough to be the only meaningful response plan.
A LightMed set medic can:
- Provide immediate first aid or clinical care
- Stabilise and monitor a patient while waiting for emergency services
- Help direct crews to the exact location
- Provide structured handover to ambulance staff
- Advise production on whether urgent care, GP referral or 999 is appropriate
- Help identify access issues before filming starts
For remote or higher-risk locations, we can also provide enhanced cover, including paramedics, nurses, ambulance resources or additional responders.
What we provide
What LightMed provides
Set medics (studio & unit base)
Reliable, production-ready medics for studio days, unit bases, indoor sets, interviews, commercial shoot medic cover, social media shoots and general filming.
Suitable for
- Commercials
- Branded content
- Interviews
- Studio shoots
- Corporate video
- Small crew shoots
- Daytime location work
- General cast and crew support
Location medics
Medical cover for outdoor, rural, industrial, agricultural, coastal, woodland, heritage or difficult-access locations.
Suitable for
- Set build, rigging and strike days
- Remote estates
- Farms and barns
- Beaches and water-adjacent work
- Woodland and moorland
- Construction-style filming environments
- Derelict buildings
- Night shoots
- Poor weather conditions
- Sites with difficult ambulance access
Stunt and higher-risk scene cover
Where the risk profile increases, the medical provision should increase with it.
We can support
- Stunt work
- Fight scenes
- Falls
- Fire and heat exposure
- Vehicle scenes
- Water-adjacent work
- Animal work
- Weapons and prop risk
- SFX and atmospheric effects
- Crowd scenes
- Young performers
- Physically demanding scenes
For higher-risk activity, we can provide paramedic-led cover or additional responders where needed.
Nurses and paramedics
Some productions need more than a first responder.
LightMed can provide
- Registered nurses
- HCPC-registered paramedics
- Emergency medical technicians
- FREC 4-qualified first responders
- Ambulance crews and resources where appropriate
We recommend the grade that fits the production risk assessment and the brief—not the most expensive option by default.
Ambulance and enhanced medical resources
Where a production requires an ambulance resource on site, we can provide or arrange suitable ambulance provision based on the brief, location and clinical requirement.
This may be appropriate for
- Remote locations
- Stunt-heavy days
- High-risk scenes
- Large unit bases
- Difficult ambulance access
- Filming involving vulnerable contributors
- Productions where insurance, H&S or risk assessment requires enhanced medical capability
Where off-site patient transport is required, this must be handled in line with CQC-regulated ambulance transport requirements. We will be clear at quotation stage what is included.
More than emergency response
A set medic can add value even when nothing dramatic happens. During a production day, cast and crew may approach the medic for advice on minor illness, headaches, stomach upset, existing health conditions, medication concerns, heat stress, blisters, cuts, muscle strains or fatigue.
This open-door approach can help prevent avoidable delays. Instead of someone leaving set for a minor issue that can be safely assessed, managed or signposted, the medic can provide a calm first point of contact and advise production sensibly.
This is especially useful on
- Long shoot days
- Overnight shoots
- Outdoor filming
- Cold or hot weather days
- Remote locations
- Productions with older cast
- Physically demanding scenes
- Large crew calls
The medic's role is not to replace a GP or hospital service. It is to provide immediate support, sensible escalation and practical care within scope.
Coverage
Studios and locations we cover
LightMed provides film and TV medical cover across the UK, including studio and location work around:
- Dock10, MediaCityUK
- Space Studios Manchester
- Big Sky Studios
- Pinewood Studios
- Shepperton Studios
- Elstree Studios
- Manchester, Cheshire and the North West
- London and the South East
- Rural and remote location shoots nationwide
We can support one-off shoot days, repeat bookings, full production blocks and short-notice changes where availability allows.
Productions
Common productions we support
Social media and digital content
Fast-paced productions with smaller teams, temporary locations and changing schedules.
TV studios and interviews
Visible but discreet medical presence for contributors, guests, crew and production teams.
Drama and scripted production
Longer shoot blocks, changing locations, cast welfare, unit base support and higher-risk scene planning.
Stunts and action sequences
Enhanced medical provision matched to the stunt coordinator’s plan and production risk assessment.
Rural and outdoor shoots
Location-based cover where weather, terrain, access and emergency response times need careful planning.
Children and vulnerable contributors
Supportive medical presence for productions involving young performers, older contributors or people with known health vulnerabilities.
Process
How booking works
1
Tell us about the shoot
Send us the date, location, call time, wrap time, type of production, expected crew size, risk assessment if available, and whether there are stunts, animals, water, vehicles, SFX, night work or remote access.
2
We recommend the right level of cover
We confirm the appropriate grade—whether a first responder, EMT, nurse, paramedic or ambulance resource is most suitable for the brief and risk profile.
3
Fixed quote
You receive a clear fixed quote based on the call sheet, location, duration, travel and clinical requirement.
4
Production day
Your medic arrives on time, introduces themselves to the production team, sets up a suitable medical point, remains available throughout the day and documents patient contacts appropriately.
5
Reporting and follow-up
Where required, we provide a post-shoot summary, incident report or anonymised attendance data for production records.
Pricing
FREC 4 set medic cover from £245
Standard FREC 4 set medic cover starts from £245 for a 10 + 1 production day.
EMT, nurse, paramedic, ambulance, overnight, stunt and enhanced-risk provision is quoted separately.
That means:
- Pre-Production Medical Plan
- 10 hours working time
- 1 hour lunch break
- Primary response bag with major trauma module
- First aid consumables and selected OTC medicines
- Oxygen and AED
- Vital signs observation kit (blood pressure, pulse oximetry and core observations)
- Professional uniform or discreet production-appropriate dress by agreement
- Patient contact documentation
- Clear escalation to production and NHS services where required
Final pricing depends on
- Location
- Call time and wrap time
- Travel distance
- Short-notice booking
- Overnight work
- Weekends or bank holidays
- Required clinician grade
- Ambulance or enhanced equipment requirement
- Stunt or higher-risk scene profile
Overtime, travel and enhanced provision are quoted clearly before booking.
Why LightMed
Productions need medics who are calm, practical and low-maintenance.
LightMed understands that set medical cover is not just about clinical skill. It is about being reliable, discreet, production-aware and easy to work with.
We provide:
- Qualified medics matched to the shoot risk
- Experience across event medical, pre-hospital and production-style environments
- Clear documentation and governance
- Practical communication with production teams
- Practical advice matched to the day without overcomplicating things
- Flexible cover across the North West and wider UK
- Escalation to nurses, paramedics or ambulance resources where needed
Our medics are selected for reliability, clinical competence and how they work around production environments. We can provide DBS-checked staff where required, patient contact documentation, insured medical provision, professional uniform or discreet dress, and clear escalation routes for production, H&S and emergency services.
We are there to keep people safe, support the schedule and give production confidence that medical cover is properly handled.
See our event medical approach
Compliance
Regulatory position
LightMed provides on-site first aid and medical support for productions.
For most shoots, the role is to provide immediate care on set, manage minor injuries and illness within scope, and escalate to NHS services where required.
Where planned off-site patient transport is required, this must be provided through an appropriately CQC-registered ambulance provider. We will make clear in your quote whether ambulance presence, transport capability or on-site-only medical support is included.
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Film & TV medic cover from LightMed
Whether you need a set medic for a one-day commercial, a paramedic for a stunt sequence, a location medic for a rural shoot, or recurring medical support for a production block, LightMed can provide cover matched to the risk and the brief.
Tell us
- Production type
- Date and location
- Call time and expected wrap
- Crew and cast numbers
- Whether there are stunts, vehicles, animals, water, SFX or night work
- Whether you need first responder cover, a paramedic, nurse or ambulance resource
We will come back with a clear recommendation and fixed quote.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Do film and TV productions legally need a medic?
Productions must provide suitable health and safety arrangements for workers and others affected by the work. Whether that means a first aider, set medic, paramedic or ambulance resource depends on the production risk assessment, location, activity and access to emergency help. HSE provides specific guidance for film, TV and broadcasting to support legal duties around reducing risk.
What is a 10 + 1 production day?
A 10 + 1 day means 10 working hours plus a one-hour lunch break. This is a common production booking structure and is the basis of our standard FREC 4 set medic starting price.
How much does a set medic cost?
Standard FREC 4 set medic cover starts from £245 for a 10 + 1 day. EMT, nurse, paramedic, ambulance, overnight, stunt and enhanced-risk provision is quoted separately. Final pricing depends on location, timing, risk, required clinician grade and whether enhanced equipment or ambulance provision is needed.
Can you cover rural locations?
Yes. We cover rural, outdoor and difficult-access locations across the UK. For remote shoots, we will ask about access routes, mobile signal, nearest road access, terrain, weather, unit parking and nearest emergency care facilities.
Can you provide paramedics for stunt work?
Yes. We can provide HCPC-registered paramedics or enhanced clinical cover for stunt work and higher-risk scenes. We will base the recommendation on the stunt plan, risk assessment, location and expected injury profile.
Can you provide ambulances?
Yes, where required. Ambulance resources are quoted separately and should be matched to the actual risk and transport requirement. Off-site patient transport must be provided through an appropriately CQC-registered ambulance provider.
Can the medic help with minor illness on set?
Yes. A set medic can assess and advise on minor illness and injury within scope, provide first aid or clinical support, and advise when GP, urgent care or emergency escalation is needed.
Do you provide post-shoot reports?
Yes. Where required, we can provide incident summaries, patient contact logs or anonymised attendance reports for production records.
Ready to line up medical cover?
LightMed supplies film and TV medics across the UK. Brief us on your production—we will respond with a clear, risk-matched recommendation and fixed quote.