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Saving Lives Together: The Sam Polledri Foundation raises over £66,000 for defibrillators

  Thanks to donations from communities, clubs, family, friends, and fundraisers, the Sam Polledri Foundation has raised a staggering £66,700 for public access defibrillators in and around Bristol. On 26th February 2022 on a night…

GWAAC appoints new Medical Leadership Team

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) welcomes Dr Andy Lockyer and Dr Andrew Heavyside as Medical Director and Assistant Medical Director respectively. The Consultant Doctors have been an integral part of GWAAC’s Critical Care Team…

‘Give a Pint to Save a Life’ Daily Mirror Campaign featuring Air Ambulances UK

We were included as part of their campaign with NHS Blood and Transplant 'Give a Pint, Save a Life' to recruit Daily Mirror blood donor heroes as 450 new donors are needed every day to help meet current demands and the needs of patients.

Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex Appoints Four New Trustees

Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) has strengthened its Board with the appointment of four new Trustees, with appointments taking effect from 8th March 2022.

New kit for GWAAC is helping to save lives

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) added a new and advanced piece of lifesaving equipment to their kit in 2021 — an arterial line for blood pressure monitoring. And patients are already beginning to benefit from this new procedure.

Professor Jonathan Benger receives CBE in New Year Honours

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity’s (GWAAC) founding Clinical Director, Trustee, and Critical Care Doctor, Professor Jonathan Benger, has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list.

Vicki Brown, Advanced Practitioner in Critical Care, Breaks Barriers

Vicki Brown, Advanced Practitioner in Critical Care at Great Western Air Ambulance Charity, has become the first person in the country to be registered on the Faculty of Pre Hospital Care (FPHC) Register of Consultant (Level 8) Practitioners by qualifying from a purely, paramedic background.

New Head of Operations to join Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) has appointed a Head of Operations to enhance leadership at the charity in light of the growing and more complex demands on their lifesaving service.

GWAAC Critical Care Doctor Recgonised in the New Year Honours List

Critical Care Doctor, Phil Cowburn, from Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list for his services to pre-hospital emergency care, most recently during the COVID-19 pandemic.

GWAAC Introduces Bespoke COVID-19 Counselling Service for Crew

In response to the pressures of COVID-19, Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) have introduced a new bespoke counselling service for their crew who have been working on the frontline during the pandemic.