In October, Medical Hire was thrilled to host our very first Leeds Film and TV Networking Social in collaboration with the British Film Designers Guild (BFDG). The event was created to connect Northern creatives in the Film and TV art department, along with local...
From gloomy tax office to hospital TV set! In this blog, discover how we helped to transform an empty tax office in Shipley into a functional hospital TV set for the ITV medical drama, Malpractice. Here’s a peek behind the scenes.. Step 1: Our team dived into the...
The heartbreaking storyline portraying the tragic reality of Motor Neurons Disease came to a very emotional end on the cobbles of Coronation Street earlier this week. Since character Paul Foreman’s MND diagnosis back in April 2023, viewers of the Yorkshire-based soap...
‘Rediscovering You’ is this year’s theme for Maternal Mental Health Week. The campaign invites us to explore and promote discussions around the mental health problems that can affect someone before, during and after their pregnancy. 1 in 5 people develop a mental...
We have very fond memories of working on the medical drama, Maternal, so a bit over a year on, we thought we’d look back at how we supported this fantastic production. An ITV creation, Maternal aired early in 2023. The series consisted of 6 episodes and followed the...
It was a busy year on the cobbles of Coronation Street during 2023 with medical storylines galore. We absolutely loved working with the Corrie team on all these dramatic scenes, whether it was simply supplying the medical props, providing expert medical advice prior...
As a Leeds-based company, supporting our community is incredibly important to us. We’ve previously run some in-house initiatives to collect donations for local charities, but going forwards, we wanted to do more. So, this year, the Medical Hire team, alongside...
Sunday 16th October 2022 marked the 50th birthday of the much-loved British soap opera, Emmerdale. First airing in 1972, over 9,000 episodes have since been transmitted over five decades, portraying the trials and tribulations of the residents of the fictional, yet...
Today, 10th March 2022, is World Kidney Day. Founded in 2006, World Kidney Day (WKD) is a global campaign aimed at raising awareness of the importance of our kidneys. This year’s theme is “Kidney Health for All – Bridge the gap to better kidney care”. With healthcare...
Here at Medical Hire, we’ve been lucky enough to supply medical props and healthcare equipment for many intensive care unit and high dependency unit film scenes, so we know a thing or two about the equipment and accessories that set designers need to create a...
This week is Cervical Cancer Prevention Week and to help raise awareness, we thought we’d take a look back at an emotional TV storyline that Medical Hire were privileged to be involved in on the cobbles of Coronation Street. Back in November 2018, bubbly character...
With only a few weeks of 2021 left, we thought we’d take a look back at our year. It’s certainly been another interesting year for Medical Hire (and the UK as a whole) with Covid-19 still affecting our daily lives, but we’ve most definitely got to grips with...
There’s never any shortage of drama down on the farm at Emmerdale, but ITV’s annual super soap week always promises just a little bit more. During this year’s super soap week, a survival challenge became more of a survival mission than the villagers could ever have...
Super soap week on the cobbles of Coronation Street always promises to be full of drama and this year was no exception. Medical Hire were delighted to be involved, providing medical props and hospital equipment to help make the scenes true to life. This year’s super...
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Medical Hire, and to celebrate, we’re thrilled to reveal our new website. Medical Hire, which is part of the Independence Mobility group of companies, was formed in July 2011 as a result of a chance request from a TV company who...
A brand-new series – Wolfe – recently launched on Sky TV, promising viewers six episodes of “feel good” crime drama. The series follows the adventures of Professor Wolfe Kinteh, a crime scene investigator and forensic pathologist based in the north of England, as he...
As the country continues to emerge from the latest national lockdown and Covid-19 restrictions continue to be lifted, Medical Hire would like to say a huge “Thank you” to all the medical advisors who have continued to work with the team throughout the difficult year....
Dramatic scenes aired on the set of Emmerdale recently as an explosive series of events left multiple residents fighting for their lives. It was the day of Mandy Dingle and Paul Ashdale’s wedding and preparations were underway in one of the farm’s barns. Inside the...
Since filming resumed after the first national lockdown, there’s been no shortage of drama on the cobbles of Coronation Street, especially where character Adam Barlow is concerned. At the end of 2020, after a series of run-ins with many of his neighbours, Adam was...
Shortly before the Covid-19 outbreak, at the beginning of 2020, Medical Hire were pleased to be asked to support a cancer storyline down on the farm at Emmerdale. In hard-hitting scenes, character Vanessa discovered her devastating bowel cancer diagnosis whilst being...
After a long pause in production due to the Covid-19 pandemic, filming on the cobbles of Coronation Street recommenced last summer and the Medical Hire were delighted to be back in the Corrie studios too. One of the first medical scenes to hit the screens was part of...
Following the latest government announcement regarding a 3rd national lockdown, we are pleased to advise that Medical Hire remains open for business during the lockdown period. Please be assured that we are following government guidelines with regards to hygiene and...
Coronation Street’s long-running storyline involving character Oliver Battersby recently came to an emotional end when Oliver sadly passed away. Medical Hire were privileged to have been involved by providing ICU equipment for little Oliver’s final scenes. The story...
The Medical Hire team were incredibly honoured to have been involved in the filming of BBC drama ‘Anthony’ which aired recently on BBC One. The 90-minute drama re-told the story of the tragic racist attack that took place on teenager Anthony Walker back in...
After a long couple of months in lockdown, the Medical Hire team have been thrilled to be back on set with the cast and crew of Emmerdale over the last few weeks, continuing to provide medical equipment and advice but with strict new hygiene and safety measures in...
Following the latest government announcements, we are pleased to advise that Medical Hire is back open for business and our range of medical equipment is once again available for hire for TV and film production. Please be assured that we are following government...
Independence Mobility and Medical Hire are following the official Government guidelines to assist in preventing the spread of Coronavirus. The current fast-moving situation has reached a critical stage and the UK is being asked to eliminate non-essential contact. Our...
The 10th series of the much-loved crime-drama, Vera, concluded on ITV last weekend after 4 gripping feature-length episodes. Based in the North East of England, series 10 saw DCI Vera Stanhope, played by Brenda Blethyn, and her team face another series of difficult...
Brand-new psychological drama, The Feed, was released on Virgin Media in September last year, with 10 thrilling episodes portraying a world where technology replaces the need for human communication and interaction. The series is set a few years into the future where...
There were dramatic scenes on the cobbles of Coronation Street this Christmas as a bitter feud between characters Gary Windass and Derek Milligan came to a tragic head. After months of helping Gary with his dodgy dealings over the factory, Derek had had enough and was...
It wasn’t a very merry Christmas for some of the residents of Emmerdale this year as young character Noah Dingle’s life was left hanging in the balance after a suspected drugs overdose. The tragic accident happened after Noah discovered that newcomer Danny had asked...
The team from Medical Hire were honoured to have been involved in the emotional scenes that took place on the Cobbles of Coronation Street recently as viewers said farewell to loveable character Sinead. The long-running storyline began a year ago when Sinead was...
Season 1 of Sky One’s brand-new drama, Curfew, was released earlier this year, with a star-studded cast including Sean Bean and Adam Brody. Consisting of eight dramatic episodes, the series follows a “group of ordinary people who compete for freedom in the world’s...
A brand new six-part drama, Years and Years, recently concluded on BBC One. The series, which follows the Lyons family through 15-years into the future in Britain, predicts events and developments that might happen in politics, the economy and technology, and how they...
The first series of brand-new drama “The Bay” recently concluded on ITV. The six-part crime drama, which was set in the coastal town of Morecambe, follows Detective Sergeant Lisa Armstrong who has been assigned to a case investigating the disappearance of two missing...
Medical Hire have been busy on the set of Emmerdale again recently, this time providing HDU and ICU equipment for two dramatic storylines which aired on ITV earlier this year. The first storyline involved character Bernice, who was persuaded to try do-it-yourself...
It’s been a dramatic and emotional week on the Cobbles of Coronation Street as the Underworld factory roof collapsed, leaving many lives hanging in the balance and ending in tragedy for one of the street’s residents. Medical Hire were privileged to be involved in...
Series 8 of the much-loved drama Cold Feet recently concluded on ITV after 6 episodes of emotional highs and lows for the close-knit group of friends. This series saw a particularly difficult time for lovable character Jenny as she was tragically diagnosed with breast...
It’s been a busy start to the year on the Cobbles of Coronation Street with multiple medical storylines hitting our screens in January alone. An emergency c-section and two car accidents left several Corrie residents fighting for their lives. Medical Hire were...
At the end of 2018, BBC One screened a feature-length drama about a single mother who suddenly finds herself responsible for caring for her own elderly mother. Care, written by Jimmy McGovern, was based on the real experiences of co-writer Gillian Juckes. Starring...
Earlier this year, children’s TV channel, CBBC, aired a 3-part drama called “Katy”. Based on the novel by much-loved author Jacqueline Wilson, the series followed eleven-year-old Katy Carr, a lively daredevil big sister, whose life changed forever after she suffered a...
The third series of police comedy drama, No Offence, recently concluded on Channel 4. The six-part series saw DI Viv Deering and the Friday Street team tackle political warfare, with the first episode involving the attempted assassination of a local politician by a...
Fans of Coronation Street recently saw Sinead Tinker’s life turned upside down when she discovered she was suffering from cervical cancer. The discovery was an even bigger blow for the loveable character as she was in the first trimester of a pregnancy – a pregnancy...
Continuing the long-running storyline of Sarah Sugden’s heart condition, last week’s Emmerdale featured the long-anticipated moment where doctors revealed that a heart donor had been found and Sarah’s transplant could finally go ahead. After receiving the devastating...
Medical Hire have been busy on the Coronation Street cobbles again recently, this time supplying medical props and equipment for the storyline involving drug dealer Ronan Truman and his son Cormac. Ronan first featured in Corrie back in 2017 for the storyline in which...
Monday night’s episode of Emmerdale featured the heartbreaking moment when Chas Dingle and Paddy Kirk lost their newborn daughter Grace. Medical Hire were privileged to have been involved in the filming of this incredibly emotional episode. The storyline began a few...
Continuing last month’s heart-breaking storyline in which Corrie’s Jack Webster developed Sepsis and had his lower leg amputated, viewers recently saw a happier side to the story when Jack prepared to leave hospital with a very positive attitude. Medical Hire were...
Medical Hire have been busy down on the set of Emmerdale again recently, this time with a storyline involving heart failure. Last month, Sarah, the daughter of Debbie Dingle and Andy Sugden, suddenly collapsed in the Woolpack after being questioned by the police for...
An emotional storyline began on the Cobbles of Corrie last week as young Jack Webster tragically developed sepsis. It all began when Jack and big sister Sophie were having a kickabout on the street. Jack took a tumble and grazed his knee, but it was nothing out of the...
Last week’s Corrie was full of exciting drama as Pat Phelan was brought back to the Cobbles by Gary Windass in an act of revenge. But after discovering that Phelan’s daughter, Nicola Rubinstein, had given birth to her baby boy (Gary’s son and Phelan’s grandson),...
