Medical Risk
Medical risk assessments that establish what your production needs before you commission the cover. Clear, proportionate requirements, informed by the risks of the shoot.
An independent starting point
When a supplier recommends the same medical provision it is quoting to deliver, there can be a commercial conflict of interest.
That does not make the recommendation wrong. It makes an independent assessment valuable: a clear view of the production’s needs, with the reasoning and assumptions recorded.
We assess the relevant medical risks and develop requirements for the numbers, skills, equipment, coverage and response arrangements needed. The aim is proportionate provision that addresses both the risk of under-provision and unnecessary over-provision.
What informs the assessment
Understand who may need care and how the planned work changes the medical risk.
Assess the practical effect of where and when the production is working.
Specify the capability and resources required, rather than assuming every provider package is interchangeable.
Consider what happens when someone needs assessment, treatment or transfer.
A useful outcome
Our medical risk assessments bring suitably qualified clinical and operational input to the planning decision. We record the basis of the recommendation so production can commission against a defined brief.
Requirements can be revisited when the script, activity, locations or schedule change.
The relevant risks, planning assumptions, information gaps and factors affecting the recommended provision.
The required capability, staffing, equipment, coverage and response arrangements, with the reasons for the recommendation.
A consistent brief to review provider quotations against and identify where proposals meet, exceed or fall short of the assessed requirement.
The circumstances that should prompt reassessment and the decisions that need additional clinical or operational input.
Common questions
Yes. We can assess the production’s medical risks and review the proposed provision against a clearly defined requirement. We explain where the proposal aligns with the need and where further information or changes are warranted.
The assessment may identify that less provision is justified, that the proposed cover is appropriate, or that additional capability is needed. The objective is a sound, proportionate requirement that addresses the production’s actual risks.
Ideally before commissioning medical cover, while the script, activity and locations can still inform the specification. We can also review existing arrangements or reassess when plans change.
Yes. Our Specialist Advisory service brings current specialist and ED nurses, and current and former frontline ambulance paramedics and crews, into script review, rehearsals and on-set technical advice.
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