Medirek covers film, TV and media productions at or near locations and studios across Kent, from its base in Alfold, Surrey. Cover is matched to the production's risk: unit and set medics, stunt cover with higher-level clinicians, ambulance cover and conveyance where needed, health and safety with tech recces and RAMS, water safety and fire cover.
Kent combines historic dockyards, castles and dramatic coastline with television studio space at Maidstone.
Filming permits and local context in Kent
The Kent Film Office is the film office for Kent and Medway. It issues commercial filming permits for council-owned land, footpaths and roads, and handles highway filming, dispensations, traffic management and road closures under the Kent County Council (Filming on Highways) Act 2010. Where a shoot involves weapons, pyrotechnics, emergency-service livery or road closures, it consults Kent Police on the production's behalf.
Sources: Kent Film Office; Kent Police: filming
Production safety and RAMS in Kent
Permit bodies and landowners in Kent commonly ask for a risk assessment, and some ask for full risk assessments and method statements. Medirek's production safety advisors can attend your tech recce, write production-specific RAMS you can submit with your applications, and provide an on-site safety manager, plus water safety and fire cover teams where the shoot needs them. Because the same team plans the medical cover, the RAMS and the medical plan match.
Film and TV studios in Kent
Medirek covers productions at and near these studios. Listing a studio does not mean Medirek has worked there; it means Medirek can provide cover for productions based there.
- Maidstone Studios, Maidstone
Filming locations in Kent
Productions in Kent film at places such as The Historic Dockyard Chatham, the White Cliffs and Dover coast, Dungeness and castles, country houses and orchards. Each comes with its own access, ground, weather and distance-to-hospital questions, which is why Medirek's cover starts with a look at the location.
Coastal, cliff-top and shingle locations bring weather, tides and long carries from vehicles. Medirek can plan these with a tech recce, provide water safety for shoreline and dock work, and arrange ambulance cover where the nearest hospital is a long way off.
Filming towns in Kent
Chatham
Chatham is home to The Historic Dockyard Chatham, an 80-acre site of Georgian and Victorian buildings, cobbled streets, warehouses, docksides and historic warships.
Margate
Margate offers a sandy seafront, a promenade and harbour arm, an old town of narrow streets, and the classic look of an English seaside resort.
Dover
Dover combines the White Cliffs, Dover Castle and a busy port with seafronts and coastal villages such as St Margaret's Bay and Deal nearby.
Canterbury
Canterbury is a compact cathedral city with medieval streets, city walls, the River Stour and a largely pedestrianised centre.
Maidstone
Maidstone, Kent's county town on the River Medway, is home to Maidstone Studios, with the North Downs and Medway valley close by.
What Medirek provides in Kent
Unit and set medics
Staff are DBS checked, uniformed and hold relevant, recognised qualifications, ranging from FREC 3, FREC 4, ECA and RTACC through to HCPC-registered paramedics and nurses, with doctors where the risk calls for it.
Stunt and action cover
Higher-level clinicians for stunts, vehicle action and SFX, planned with your stunt coordinator.
Ambulance cover and conveyance
Arranged where the risk assessment calls for it. Medirek has 4×4-capable response vehicles for remote and off-road locations.
Health and safety, RAMS, tech recce
Production-specific risk assessments and method statements for your Kent locations, informed by a tech recce.
Water safety
Bankside responders and in-water safety staff in full PPE for non-swift water.
Fire cover
Fire prevention advice and rapid intervention teams for SFX, pyrotechnics and builds.
Insured and clinically governed
Strict clinical governance, overseen by a GMC-registered Medical Director and a clinical team including paramedics and frontline medical staff, for consistent care. Insured with £2m medical malpractice and £10m public liability.
Confidential and responsive
Staff work under production NDAs and confidentiality. We endeavour to help all productions, including last-minute requests where possible.
Getting to Kent
From our Surrey base, the M25 links to the M26 and M20 for Maidstone and Dover, and to the M2 and A2 for Chatham, Canterbury and Thanet. Pricing is a base day rate plus mileage and incidentals, with a reduced day rate for bookings over 5 days. How pricing works.
Nearby counties
Further reading: The most filmed towns and counties in the South and South East
Frequently asked questions
Do you provide film set medics in Kent?
Yes. Medirek covers productions at or near locations and studios across Kent. Staff are DBS checked, uniformed and hold relevant, recognised qualifications, ranging from FREC 3, FREC 4, ECA and RTACC through to HCPC-registered paramedics and nurses, with doctors where the risk calls for it.
Who handles filming permits in Kent?
The Kent Film Office is the film office for Kent and Medway. It issues commercial filming permits for council-owned land, footpaths and roads, and handles highway filming, dispensations, traffic management and road closures under the Kent County Council (Filming on Highways) Act 2010.
Can you provide a production safety advisor for a shoot in Kent?
Yes. Medirek's production safety advisors can attend the tech recce in Kent, write production-specific risk assessments and method statements for your permit applications, and provide an on-site safety manager, water safety and fire cover, alongside or separate from medical cover.
How do you reach productions in Kent?
Medirek is based in Alfold, Surrey, and the typical route is via the M25, M26, M20 and M2. We endeavour to help all productions, including last-minute requests where possible.