Where photography & healthcare collide

I photograph healthcare from inside it. Working as an NHS doctor is what lets me read a ward, a resus bay or a GP surgery, know where to stand, and know when to put the camera down.

I am not a certified medical photographer. What I bring instead is fluency in the protocols, the consent and the etiquette of a clinical space, so the photographs are honest about the work without intruding on it.

Consent

For patient privacy, all medical scenarios featured use actors unless otherwise specified with proper consent.

Photograph: Humans of the Pandemic

Humans of the Pandemic

Sixty-seven staff at NHS George Eliot Hospital, photographed during the first wave in 2020.

Photograph: emergency simulation

Emergency simulation

Pre-hospital and in-hospital simulation, published in the Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine.

Photograph: staff portrait

Staff portraits

Teams, departments and individuals, photographed on shift and around it.

Research

Paediatrics in Primary Care

I want to improve children's healthcare in the UK by creating a new speciality doctor role. An evidence-based proposal, fourteen sections, eight sources.

Read the proposal

Medicine

MBChB, GP specialty trainee

Published in

Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine

Worked with

NHS George Eliot Hospital

Curriculum vitae

On request

Commissioning healthcare photography?

Day rate, with consent and governance handled. Tell me the setting and what the photographs are for.

Get in touch

© Matthew Thompson 2026. Trading as Lutra Ventures Ltd (17312196),

Milton Keynes, UK.

© Matthew Thompson 2026. Trading as Lutra Ventures Ltd (17312196),

Milton Keynes, UK.

© Matthew Thompson 2026. Trading as Lutra Ventures Ltd (17312196),

Milton Keynes, UK.