Life Support is a British television medical drama series, written and devised by Ashley Pharoah, that first broadcast on BBC1 on 19 July 1999.

[1] Produced by BBC Scotland, the series follows the work of clinical ethicist Katherine Doone (Aisling O'Sullivan) and her colleagues based at Glasgow's Caledonian hospital.

Art Malik, Richard Wilson, Gilbert Martin and Julie Graham are also credited as principal members of the cast.

[2] O'Sullivan said of her role in the series; "Initially, when I read the script and saw that it was a medical drama, I wasn't interested, but then I saw that it was addressing these subjects in a very different way from what we're used to.

The Evening Standard noted of the series axing; "On the whole, Life Support failed to captivate audiences, although several critics liked it.