Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) are amongst the first Air Ambulance services to collaborate with the Royal Air Force (RAF) to carry critically ill patients from more remote areas to major trauma centres with increased intensive care capacity.
Wiltshire Air Ambulance is helping the Royal United Hospital, Bath, by loaning two ventilators to assist in the battle with COVID-19 pandemic.
During these unprecedented times our air ambulance charity Members are doing all they can to continue providing their world-leading lifesaving care to their local communities across the UK, with the welfare of all involved of paramount importance.
Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) has been rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) across all five of its inspection key lines of enquiry – a level only achieved by a very small proportion of the UK’s CQC-inspected healthcare organisations.
Thames Valley Air Ambulance is proud to announce that it has achieved an overall ‘Outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The emergency medical provider is the first air ambulance service in the country to have received the highest ranking from the healthcare regulator.
International Women’s Day is celebrated on the 8th March ever year. The theme for 2020 is #EachforEqual celebrating women’s achievement. We will be highlighting the incredible women in air ambulances across the UK and celebrating #FeminPhem. Eimhear Quinn from EHAAT talks about her experiences as a Critical Care Dr.
Air Ambulances UK has appointed Heather Benjamin as its new Chair to lead the organisation into an exciting new era representing and supporting the UK’s 21 air ambulance charities and wider air ambulance sector.
On the evening of Thursday 20 February 2020 Wiltshire Air Ambulance’s Bell 429 helicopter was subjected to a laser attack resulting in an aborted landing.
From 2 March, when poor weather or maintenance prevents Devon’s emergency aircraft from flying, two new Critical Care Cars mean our critical care teams can still provide specialist life-saving care by road. In the Autumn 2018 Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced £10 million in capital funding for air ambulance services. Devon Air Ambulance […]
East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) staff, patients, supporters and volunteers all mucked in with spades on Friday 24 January to mark the start of the building works for the eagerly anticipated 24/7 EAAA Norwich base.
Once completed, the new home of EAAA will allow the charity to operate its life-saving helicopter 24 hours a day from Norwich Airport, becoming the first air ambulance in the East of England to fly 24/7.
