Top 10 Medical Video Production in the UK

The UK medical video market splits cleanly in two: live-action houses that send a crew to your site, and animation studios that never need to. Which half you need is decided by your subject, not your budget, and it is the fastest way to cut a long shortlist down.

Below are 10 UK medical video production companies compared on location, format, and what each is genuinely best at, plus UK cost benchmarks in pounds, the questions worth asking a Trust-facing supplier, and the production process end to end.

Disclosure: this article is published by F. Learning Studio, an animation studio featured below. Company details, clients, and contact information were compiled from public sources at the time of writing. Verify current details directly before you approach anyone.

Animation or Live-Action? Why It Decides Whether Location Matters

This is worth settling before you look at a single supplier, because it changes what “UK-based” is actually buying you.

• Live-action needs people on site. A theatre shoot, a department walkthrough, a consultant interview: someone has to travel to your Trust with cameras, lighting and sound. Here geography is a real cost. A Manchester crew filming in Kent bills travel and accommodation on top of day rate.
• Animation needs nobody on site. Mechanism of action, anatomy, device internals, care pathways: none of it can be filmed anyway. The work happens wherever the animators are, which is why location is close to irrelevant for animation and why offshore studios compete on equal footing.

So the practical rule: if your subject can be photographed, shortlist by region. If it cannot, shortlist by portfolio and price, and ignore the postcode entirely. The table below flags which half each company sits in.

10 Recommended Medical Video Production Companies in the UK

Company	Based in	Leads with	Best for
1. Magneto Films	Long Sutton, Lincolnshire	Live-action	NHS Trust patient information and recruitment films
2. Digital Finch	Wigan, Greater Manchester	Both	North West Trusts wanting film and animation from one supplier
3. Inspired Film & Video	Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire	Live-action	Department walkthroughs and staff training on a Trust budget
4. Creative Moose	Manchester	Live-action	Event filming and social content for health bodies
5. Liquona	Leatherhead, Surrey	Both	Mixed live-action and VR for health policy and private healthcare
6. The Animation Guys	London	Animation	Patient-facing explainers and medical device animation
7. Random42	London	Animation (3D)	Pharma mechanism-of-action animation at the top of the market
8. Immersive Studio	Kings Hill, Kent	VR / AR	Immersive clinical training rather than flat video
9. Polymime	Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire	Animation (3D)	3D scientific and molecular animation for global pharma
10. Red Creative Solutions	Wigan, Greater Manchester	Live-action	Surgical procedure filming and device training video

1. Magneto Films

Magneto Films is a UK video production agency specialising in healthcare production for the NHS, pharmaceutical companies, and health-focused charities.

• Key services: Patient information films, case study films, healthcare recruitment videos, public service campaigns
• Clients and testimonials: NHS England, Humberside NHS Trust, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, among others. Praised by clients for artistry and professionalism.
• Contact:
  • Website: magnetofilms.co.uk
  • Address: Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, PE12 9AR
  • Phone number: see their website for the current number

2. Digital Finch

Digital Finch is an award-winning video and animation production studio based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, producing visual content across sectors including healthcare, with an emphasis on collaboration and storytelling.

• Key services: Promotional video, medical animated video, case study video
• Clients and testimonials: NHS Trusts, Roche, and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, among others. Clients cite content quality that meets expectations.
• Contact:
  • Website: digitalfinch.co.uk
  • Address: Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK
  • Phone number: +44 1942 568 860

3. Inspired Film & Video

Inspired Film & Video is a video production company in Stoke-on-Trent focused on improving communication within the NHS and other healthcare organisations, with an operational rather than marketing emphasis.

• Key services: Patient information films, training video, department walkthroughs, advocacy film, conference coverage
• Clients and testimonials: Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust, University Hospitals of North Midlands, and the Royal Wolverhampton Hospital. Noted for delivering at lower cost than comparable suppliers.
• Contact:
  • Website: inspiredfilmandvideo.co.uk
  • Address: Federation House, Station Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2SA
  • Phone number: 0845 387 0031

4. Creative Moose

Creative Moose is a Manchester medical video production company helping healthcare organisations tell stories that carry marketing and communication messages. Over roughly seven years their teams have produced more than 150 healthcare videos for national and international clients.

• Key services: Medical video production, event filming, social video, video brochures
• Clients and testimonials: Manchester Health & Care Commissioning and National Highways, among others. Recommended for being professional and easy to work with.
• Contact:
  • Website: creativemoose.com
  • Address: 30-32 Thomas St, Manchester M4 1ER
  • Phone number: 0161 850 7370

5. Liquona

Liquona is a Surrey-based video production agency known for its creative approach to visual content, particularly in healthcare, and one of the few UK suppliers combining live-action, animation and VR under one roof.

• Key services: Medical live-action videos, medical animation, VR videos, social media content
• Clients and testimonials: Incisive Health, Aurora, and Portland, among others. Praised for project management and collaborative discussion.
• Contact:
  • Website: liquona.com
  • Address: Ashcombe House, 5 The Crescent, Leatherhead KT22 8DY, United Kingdom
  • Phone number: 01372 88 00 88

6. The Animation Guys

The Animation Guys is a London medical animation studio producing work for brands, agencies, and production companies, with a focus on making complex medical concepts legible to lay audiences.

• Key services: Medical explainer videos, medical device animation, public awareness campaigns
• Clients and testimonials: Hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device manufacturers. Praised for turning complex medical concepts into animations patients can follow.
• Contact:
  • Website: theanimationguys.com
  • Address: Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, London N1 0QH
  • Phone number: +44 20 7274 2986

7. Random42

Established in 1992, Random42 was among the first studios to use animation to explain the mechanism of action (MoA) of drugs and disease areas. They have since expanded into virtual reality, augmented reality, interactive experiences, and booth installations. At over three decades, they are the longest-established specialist on this list.

• Key services: Pharmaceutical, medical device, consumer health, biotechnology, and animal health animation, plus VR, AR and interactive experiences
• Clients and testimonials: Major pharmaceutical firms, biotech firms, and healthcare institutions, worked with directly rather than through agencies.
• Contact:
  • Website: random42.com
  • Address: 114-116 Marylebone Ln, London W1U 2HH, United Kingdom
  • Phone number: +44 20 7734 6001

8. Immersive Studio

Immersive Studio is a Kent-based production company specialising in immersive healthcare experiences using virtual reality, augmented reality, and interactive 3D environments. Worth noting they sit slightly outside the video category: if you need a linear film, this is not the right supplier.

• Key services: Immersive experiences, VR training, AR applications, interactive virtual tours
• Clients and testimonials: Hospitals, medical schools, and healthcare organisations.
• Contact:
  • Website: immersivestudio.co.uk
  • Address: 26 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill Business Park, Kent, ME19 4AE, UK
  • Phone number: 0203 848 9035

9. Polymime

Polymime is a healthcare animation studio producing 3D medical animation for advertising, education, and product demonstration, serving pharma and medtech clients internationally.

• Key services: 3D scientific animation, medical illustration, molecular animation, medical device animation, MoA animation
• Clients and testimonials: Clients across the UK, USA, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, France, Dubai, and South Africa.
• Contact:
  • Website: polymime.com
  • Address: Suite 5 Glenn House, 9-13 Palmers Lane, Bishop’s Stortford CM23 3XB
  • Phone number: +44 1279 860986

10. Red Creative Solutions

Red Creative Solutions provides video services including medical video production for healthcare companies and medical professionals, with an emphasis on storytelling and procedural filming.

• Key services: Surgical procedure videos, testimonials, employee interviews, medical device training videos
• Clients and testimonials: Client names are not published; the team is recommended for professionalism and creativity. Ask for references in your specialty before shortlisting.
• Contact:
  • Website: redcreativesolutions.co.uk
  • Address: Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK
  • Phone number: 0333 050 7962

Read more: Top 9 Medical Animation Companies In the UK

F. Learning Studio: The Offshore Option for UK Healthcare Animation

Every company above is UK-based. F. Learning Studio is not, and for animation work that is precisely the point: nothing has to be filmed, so nobody has to be in the country. What you gain is a rate structure UK studios cannot match. What you should check is time zone overlap and how review cycles are handled across it.

• Based in: Vietnam, producing medical and healthcare animation since 2016
• Leads with: Animation only (whiteboard, 2D, motion graphics, character, frame-by-frame)
• UK and healthcare clients: NHS, King’s College London, Evelina London Children’s Healthcare, plus NYU Langone Health and Stanford Medicine Children’s Health internationally
• Pricing: Published openly through the animation cost calculator, quoted in USD
• Rating: 5.0 on Clutch

Proven experience with UK universities and NHS organisations

For the NHS, we produced a video series explaining kidney disease to children and their parents. The design decisions were driven by the audience rather than the subject:

• Colourful backgrounds and illustrated organs showing how they function and how kidney disease affects the body.
• Children’s voiceovers, so the explanation comes from a peer rather than an authority figure.
• Subtitles throughout, so a parent can follow while a child watches.

The result is a series that handles a frightening diagnosis without either frightening the child or misleading the parent, which is the hardest brief in patient education.

Around 30% below comparable UK and US studio rates

The saving comes from where the team sits, not from a thinner process: clinical review, concept art, and revision rounds are the same. Styles run from whiteboard through motion graphics to character animation, chosen for the audience rather than the budget.

Check our portfolio and judge the output rather than the claim.

Project management built for remote review cycles

The honest risk with an offshore supplier is the feedback loop, so ours is structured to reduce the number of rounds rather than speed up each one. A dedicated full-function team, staged sign-off at script, storyboard and style frame, and a named production manager mean a misunderstanding surfaces in week one rather than week nine. Our production process sets out who signs off at each stage, including where your clinical reviewer sits.

Medical Video Production in the UK: How Much Does It Cost?

UK benchmarks below. Read the unit column first. Animation is quoted here as a project total for a short piece, while 3D and filming are quoted per minute and per day respectively. Adding numbers across different units is the most common budgeting mistake on this kind of project.

Type	Typical UK range	Unit
Whiteboard animation, basic	£2,500 – £5,000	Per project
Basic 2D explainer	£2,500 – £5,000	Per project
Advanced or character-driven 2D	£6,000 – £15,000	Per project
3D medical visualisation	£6,000 – £25,000	Per finished minute
Single-camera shoot, basic lighting	£800 – £2,400	Per day
Multi-camera shoot, professional lighting and sound	£2,400 – £5,600	Per day
Specialised medical filming	£4,000 – £12,000	Per day

Within the 3D band, simpler models and environments sit toward the lower end while complex visualisations with bespoke anatomy or device geometry run to the top. Specialised medical filming carries costs a corporate shoot never meets: theatre access, clinical supervision, sterile-field compliance, and patient consent.

One further note for UK buyers comparing UK and offshore suppliers: these figures are in pounds while most offshore studios quote in dollars, so convert before comparing and check whether VAT is included in the UK quote. A UK price that looks 20% higher may be identical once VAT and currency are stripped out, or it may be double.

Read more: Medical Animation Cost: 10 Essential Things to Know in 2026 and Live-Action vs Animation: Which One Is For Your Project?

8 Questions to Ask a UK Medical Video Supplier

Portfolios show what a studio can do on a good project. These questions show what they will do on yours. Ask all eight on the first call and compare the answers side by side.

Ask this	What a good answer sounds like
1. Who signs off on medical accuracy, and at which stage?	A named expert reviewing at script and storyboard. Corrections there are free; the same fix after animation begins is paid for twice.
2. Have you been through MLR or regulatory review before?	Familiarity with the cycle, and a recommendation to route the script through review before storyboard. This is what moves launch dates.
3. How do you handle GDPR and patient consent?	A concrete process for anonymising material and obtaining consent, not an assurance that it will be fine.
4. Can you invoice an NHS Trust, and are you on any procurement framework?	A direct yes or no. Public-sector buyers often cannot contract outside a framework, and finding out late costs weeks.
5. Can you show work for my exact audience?	The closest match to your brief, not the showreel. Surgeons, patients and procurement committees are three different crafts.
6. Which parts are in-house and which are subcontracted?	A clear split. Subcontracting is fine; not knowing who does what is not.
7. Is the quote per project, per finished minute, or per shoot day?	A direct answer. Mixing units is the most common source of budget disputes on medical video.
8. How many revision rounds, at which stages, and do I get the source files?	A count tied to stages, and a yes on source files. MP4-only delivery means every future edit returns to them.

What Separates Medical Video From General Video Production

Scientific accuracy

Inaccurate content misinforms patients and damages trust in the provider who published it. Accuracy is secured procedurally: experts review scripts and visuals before animation or filming begins, and 3D animations of surgical procedures are checked against anatomical structures rather than approximated.

Clarity without distortion

Every medical explanation leaves something out. The skill is choosing omissions that make the concept clearer without making it wrong. In the video below, F. Learning Studio explains “anticoagulants”, “MI” (myocardial infarction), and the coagulation cascade through analogy and plain language, so clinician education content stays precise while remaining learnable.

Regulatory compliance

UK projects answer to GDPR rather than HIPAA, and anything carrying a product claim or naming an indication will also face medical, legal and regulatory review. Videos need appropriate disclaimers, no misleading claims, and a consent trail for any real patient material. This is covered in more depth under clinical safety and compliance training.

One named audience per video

A video that tries to serve a consultant and a newly diagnosed patient at once underserves both: the consultant finds it slow, the patient finds it frightening. The colorectal video below uses flat 2D motion graphics with warm backgrounds specifically to reduce the unease around rectal bleeding, a choice that would be wrong for a surgical audience and is right for this one.

Accessibility and inclusivity

Subtitles, multilingual voiceover, and screen-reader compatible players are baseline rather than extras, particularly for NHS-facing content serving diverse populations. Representation matters clinically too: showing a symptom only on light skin makes the video less useful to a large part of its audience, and that decision is free at concept-art stage and expensive afterwards.

Medical Video Production Process

Knowing the stages helps you see where your own decisions land, and where a delay on your side stalls everything downstream.

Stages	Steps
Pre-production	– Concept development: Identify the key message, objectives, and target audience for the video. – Scriptwriting: Craft a clear, concise, accurate script for that audience. Medical professionals review at this stage to confirm factual accuracy. – Storyboarding: Visualise the video scene by scene to align expectations. This is the last cheap moment to change your mind. – Planning and scheduling: Organise resources, finalise shooting locations or animation styles, and lock the timeline including review windows.
Production	– Live action: Filming real scenarios such as surgical procedures or doctor-patient interactions, with professional cameras, lighting, and sound.
	– Animation: Developing animation to simplify complex concepts, such as 2D explainers or 3D models of human anatomy.
Post-production	– Editing: Combine footage or scenes, add transitions and effects. For animation this involves rendering and syncing to voiceover. – Review and revision: Gather consolidated client feedback and apply it. Scattered notes across several rounds are the most common source of overrun. – Final delivery: Provide the finished video in the formats you need, for web, social, or internal training systems.

Metrics to Measure the Success of Medical Video Production

Views tell you the video was distributed. These tell you whether it worked.

• Audience retention: the most useful single metric. The point where viewers drop tells you what to cut next time, and on patient content it often marks where the explanation got too dense.
• Completion rate: the percentage who watch to the end, which matters more for a consent or safety video than for a campaign film.
• Conversion rate: how many viewers take the intended action, such as booking an appointment or completing a module.
• Engagement metrics: likes, shares, comments, and click-through, useful for public awareness work and close to meaningless for internal training.
• View count: reach and visibility across platforms. Necessary but never sufficient.
• Audience feedback: ask a small sample of real patients or staff to explain the video back to you. It is the cheapest research available and catches what no dashboard will.

Where to Start

In order: decide whether your subject can be filmed, shortlist by region only if it can, use the comparison table to pick two or three suppliers, then ask all eight questions on the first call. Most failed medical video projects are decided before anyone opens a camera case or a script.

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