MediCinema

MediCinema is a charity which improves the wellbeing and quality of life of NHS patients and their families through the power of the shared cinema experience and the magic of film. We build and run cinemas in hospitals equipped with space for beds, wheelchairs, and medical equipment. Our services help to improve emotional, mental, and physical health, reducing feelings of isolation, anxiety, and stress, and increasing patient resilience.

We currently have services in 6 NHS hospitals around the UK: 

• Guys Hospital, London
• St Thomas Hospital, London
• Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
• Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
• Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow
• Serennu Children's Centre, Newport

Social isolation can manifest itself as an even more severe problem within the hospital setting because of the restriction it can have on a social support network, and more recently because of the additional restrictions placed on visiting by the pandemic. This has an immense impact of children’s mental health and their social development. 

MediCinema, thus works as an intervention for social isolation and loneliness by allowing patients to enjoy the magic of cinema with either friends and family or by creating new friends in the cinema setting and expanding their social support network.

Furthermore, through the latest and best the film industry has to offer, MediCinema engages and uplifts like no other. Utilising the power of cinema to enable patients, many of whom will be experiencing complex and long term hospital stays, to experience some sense of normality and reduce both the isolation and marginalisation they may be feeling.

By donation to MediCinema you bring the magic of cinema to the feet of the thousands of NHS patients.