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Festival Season is Here: MET Medical Leading the Way in Event Medical Cover

As festival season kicks off, MET Medical is ready to provide top-tier medical cover for the UK's busiest music festivals. From ambulances and wound care to point-of-care blood testing and prescriptions, we ensure the safety and health of festivalgoers, artists, and crew. With years of experience, MET Medical is a trusted leader in festival medical cover, offering tailored solutions to ensure a successful and safe event.

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Event Medical Cover: The Importance of Proper Recruitment and Training in Protecting Patient Safety

Event medical cover is critical in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of attendees. However, the growing trend of hiring unqualified staff through informal channels like Facebook and WhatsApp groups is putting patient safety at risk. In this blog post, MET Medical highlights the importance of rigorous recruitment and training for event medical teams, ensuring that patient care is never compromised.

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Expert Event Medical Cover and First Aid Services You Can Rely On

Planning an event? Don’t overlook the importance of professional event medical cover. Whether it’s a music festival, sports day, or corporate gathering, having qualified first aiders and paramedics on site ensures your event is safe, compliant, and prepared for anything. At MET Medical, we offer tailored, CQC-registered event first aid services across the UK — providing peace of mind for organisers and protection for your guests.

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How does Martyn’s Law affect Events and Medical Cover

How does Martyn’s Law affect events and medical cover? We’re exploring more about the new Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025. It will affect venues and events UK-wide. Martyn's Law for music festivals aims to improve the security and preparedness of these events in the event of a terrorist attack by requiring organisers to take proactive steps to protect the public, such as developing detailed emergency plans, enhancing security measures, and improving communication protocols

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Event Medical Cover FAQ’s: What You Need to Know

Planning an event? You might need more than just a few plasters and a high-vis vest. From licensing requirements to upcoming CQC regulations and the new national Event Healthcare Standard, this FAQ guide by MET Medical breaks down everything you need to know about providing safe, compliant medical cover at your event. Whether you're running a small community gathering or a multi-day festival, we cover the essentials to keep your attendees—and your reputation—protected.

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Upcoming Changes to CQC requirements at Events

Upcoming changes to event medical cover regulations will require all event healthcare providers offering treatment for disease, disorder, or injury (TDDI) to be CQC-registered. Previously exempt, doctors, nurses, and paramedics must now work under a CQC-regulated provider or obtain registration themselves—even when volunteering. These changes, originally due in March 2025, have been delayed but will take effect later in the year. Event organisers should verify their providers' CQC compliance now to ensure seamless medical cover at events.

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First Aid Cover in London

Need First Aid Cover in London and not sure where to begin? We’ve got you covered! For everything you need to know about first aid and ambulance cover… get in touch!

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