HEALTH FILMS
We work with healthcare providers to promote and explain what they do. We have made over 100 films for the NHS, including: West of England Academic Health Science Network, National Institute for Health Research, Clinical Research Network, CLARHC, University Hospitals Bristol, Royal United Hospitals Bath, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
THE POWER OF FILM
Video can transform how people learn about their health, and our clients tell us that their patients are increasingly seeking out their information in this way. By co-creating films with healthcare professionals and health communicators, we are ensuring people have access to reliable and accurate information in the format that they want.
“I think filmmaking is really important in sharing people’s stories. I do a lot of work with people who are suffering, particularly with their mental health, their life circumstances, and I think hearing other people’s stories can really trigger healing in people. It can make a huge difference. And there’s something about the way people can tell stories on film. I think that’s very, very powerful.”
KINDS OF HEALTH FILMS WE MAKE
PPI - Patient and Public Involvement
Self-management advice
Training for service providers - standardising care across Trusts.
Project and research summaries
Helping to spread innovation and ideas
Recruitment videos
Patient experience videos - what to expect
Clinical audit report summaries
Explainer animations
PROJECT VIDEO
Children of the 90s
The world renowned CO90s project is over 30 years old and we created ten films celebrating some of their greatest research achievements for social media.
TRAINING VIDEO
Managing obstetric emergencies in women with Covid-19.
Managing obstetric emergencies in women with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 provides challenges. This film was co-produced with Hobson Curtis Films and THIS Institute, alongside colleagues from many organisations working in maternity care, infection prevention and control, and human factors.
PROJECT VIDEO
SmartGym
A SmartGym CardioWall was installed in a Gloucestershire school and the impact it had on pupils’ health and wellbeing was monitored.
PROJECT VIDEO
Libby’s legacy: 100,000 Genomes Project
Libby died from a rare cancer but before she died, she consented to be part of the Hundred-thousand Genomes Project so that future research could benefit patients with rare cancers. We were commissioned by the NHS / WEAHSN to tell her story…
PROJECT VIDEO
Emily’s story: 100,000 Genomes Project
Emily took part in the Hundred-thousand Genomes project. This is her story of finding out the genetic history of why she was born deaf…
PROJECT VIDEO
PReCePT: Preventing cerebral palsy in preterm babies
The PReCePT project helps to prevent Cerebral Palsy in preterm babies. Developed in Bristol, the project has spread to every maternity unit in England - a first for the NHS. We were commissioned to make a video about the project which helped with adoption and spread of the treatment. The video helped win the support of Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, who promised £1 Million to support PReCePT.
RESEARCH / PATIENT PARTICIPATION VIDEO
Joining dementia research
The Dementia Health Integration Team in Bristol wanted to raise awareness of dementia research in the South-west and engage more people to take part in dementia research. We were commissioned by Dementia HIT to create a film to be shown in GP surgeries and online to let people know what taking part in Dementia research involves and how to find out more.
PATIENT SERVICES VIDEO
YP Face IT
YP Face IT is an online intervention to help young people with appearance related anxiety. This eight week course was designed by UWE’s Centre for Appearance Research (CAR). We produced a video to let GPs know they can prescribe YP Face IT to young people. The video was correlated with young people who had finished the course.
CLINICAL AUDIT SUMMARY VIDEO
Just say sepsis!
The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) published their clinical audit of Sepsis care in the UK.
We produced a video summary of the findings of the report intended to reach a much wider audience than the written report, including: Chief executives of NHS Trusts, members of the public and patient groups.
“Four years ago, we made a film about the PReCePT project, and this film has been absolutely key in communicating key aspects of the project to both the public and also funders and researchers and clinicians.
What this film achieved for us is that it actually won hearts. When you’re producing evidence in the form of papers in journals and posters, what doesn’t come across is the emotions and the patients. It was absolutely key in helping us fund PReCePT going forward at a national level.”
“I think filmmaking is really important in sharing people’s stories. I do a lot of work with people who are suffering, particularly with their mental health, their life circumstances, and I think hearing other people’s stories can really trigger healing in people. It can make a huge difference. And there’s something about the way people can tell stories on film. I think that’s very, very powerful.”