Reflecting on our 2024 Highlights
2024 has been a year of growth, new challenges, and achievements for us at Medical Hire. As we reflect, we're excited to share the highlights and look ahead to what’s in store for 2025. Our props on the big screen This year, we’ve been thrilled to see our medical...
Connecting the Northern Film and TV Community at our Leeds Social
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...
Hospital Set Transformation: From Gloomy Tax Office to Hospital TV set
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...
Proud to support Coronation Street MND storyline
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...
Raising awareness for Maternal Mental Health Week
‘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...
A look back at medical drama Maternal
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...
On the cobbles of Coronation Street throughout 2023
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...
Our chosen charity of the year is Leeds Mind
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 our...
Medical Hire support stormy storyline for Emmerdale’s 50th birthday celebrations
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...
Raising awareness of good kidney health for World Kidney Day 2022
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...
Medical props and equipment for ICU and HDU film scenes
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...
Support for Cervical Cancer Prevention Week – 17th to 23rd January 2022
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...
Medical Hire – a look back at 2021
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...
Medical props and specialist burns advice for Emmerdale’s super soap week storylines
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...
Medical Hire provide hospital props and equipment for super soap week on Coronation Street
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...
Medical Hire launch new website to celebrate ten years in business
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...
Hospital props and medical advice supplied for Sky TV’s brand-new crime drama Wolfe
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...
Thank you to our medical advisors for their hard work during the pandemic!
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....
Medical Hire support explosive Emmerdale storyline with ICU equipment and on-set medical advice
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...
Medical Hire provide ICU equipment for mystery attack on Corrie’s Adam Barlow
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...
Chemotherapy ward equipment for Emmerdale bowel cancer storyline
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...
Back on the cobbles of Corrie with hospital equipment for Yasmeen heart attack storyline
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...
Medical Hire remains open during lockdown 3
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...
Paediatric ICU equipment for emotional Coronation Street storyline
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...
ICU props and medical advice for BBC drama Anthony
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 July 2005....
Socially distanced support for Emmerdale ICU storyline
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...
Medical Hire back open for medical equipment hire
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...
Response to the COVID-19 situation
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...
ICU equipment and medical advice for series 10 of Vera
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...
A&E and operating theatre equipment for The Feed
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...