Ensuring Quality and Professionalism in Medical Staffing
At Silver Screen Medics, we prioritise the safety and well-being of our clients by maintaining a team of highly qualified and registered healthcare professionals and clinicians. We are strongly for the standardisation of medical support within the film and entertainment industry, ensuring equitable care for all.
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It is crucial for productions to understand the qualifications and registrations of staff looking after their cast and crew members, especially when it comes to the level of care able to be delivered, as well as issues around governance, legality and accountability.
We can support with oversight of clinical resourcing, advice and consulting.Here’s an overview of some of the qualifications and registrations in the UK:
Non-Registered Staff
Trained in the primary first aid response to specific emergency conditions.
Trained in the primary first aid response to emergency conditions with the ability to provide oxygen and basic medications (with additional training).
Non-registered ambulance based healthcare worker trained in non-emergency patient transport or supporting emergency patient transport alongside a more senior clinical grade.
Non-registered healthcare worker typically forming part of a two-person crew for emergency and non-emergency calls.
Trained in technical ambulance skills, assessment techniques, and emergency medical care.
Non-registrant healthcare workers are able to register on a voluntary body such as Health Practice Associates Council (HPAC) https://www.hpac-uk.org/ , however, this does not denote a registered HCP.
This does however allow for checking of non-registrant qualifications for those who have voluntarily registered.
Registered Healthcare Professionals
Registered healthcare professional trained in Adult, Child, Learning Disability, Mental Health (or a combination).
Typically trained in care and chronic condition management, as well as acute illness / injury management.
Area of specialisation is denoted by working history and training.
Utilises a wide range of patient assessment and management skills.
- Registered healthcare professional typically trained in pre-hospital emergency and urgent care.
- Utilises a wide range of patient assessment, management skills, and emergency medications.
- Primary pre-hospital Advanced Life Support Clinicians.
- Registered healthcare professional physician who has completed more than their initial 2-year foundation training.
- Speciality Training (ST) area denotes their specialism.
- Able to diagnose within their area of practice and prescribe autonomously.
- Typically not trained in pre-hospital healthcare environment but able to undertake additional training.
- ST3+ usually required for independent pre-hospital practice, with appropriate additional training.
- GPs are consultant level doctors that have a broad range of clinical knowledge of multiple system areas and can refer on if needed. They should be registered on the GMC as such.
Doctors can be checked on the General Medical Council (GMC) website: www.gmc-uk.org
Physiotherapists, podiatrists, dieticians, and other clinical therapists are also registered healthcare professionals. Their registrations can be checked on their relevant bodies.
Ambulance Booking Requirements
When booking an ambulance, they should be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) www.cqc.org.uk, as this is a legal requirement where an ambulance may need to transport off-site.
Productions should ensure that, particularly for stunt work, the ambulance is paramedic-led. This is because paramedics are the level of clinician able to provide Advanced Life Support (ALS) as standard. FREC 3/4 should not be used independently for stunt work.
Paramedics should have full equipment for ALS provision when working on an ambulance.
Ambulance crews with a technician (FREC 5) and a paramedic can work independently or separately, where kit allows.
Assess their roles based on the nature of the work they are covering. Nurses working as advanced practitioners and nurse prescribers can cover advanced life support requirements when appropriately trained as an ambulance nurse.
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