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The year in highlights
APRIL
Chief Fire Officer John Power marked 25 years of service. John performs a vital role, enabling thousands of take-offs and ensuring the safe arrival of patients. He has been an invaluable part of our charity’s story.
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2019
MAY
In May, we were delighted to announce the backing of The Oval for our 30th Anniversary campaign. To celebrate the partnership, we flew the Cricket World Cup from our helipad base to The Oval.
JUNE
Over the summer we launched our new Life Saving Tea Parties, to help our service continue flying and mark 30 years of care in the Capital.
JULY
In July, London’s Premier League clubs joined together as one team to give their support to our charity as we marked our 30th anniversary.
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AUGUST
In August, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge went head to head in The King’s Cup. Our charity was selected as a beneficiary of the inaugural sailing regatta. We competed for the historic trophy and sailed through to an incredible second place.
SEPTEMBER
In September, a team from our charity swam the English Channel. The group included pilots, doctors, a paramedic and former patient Vicky. The team fought on against strong tides, heavy winds and even jellyfish to make it to the French coast.
Support London’s Air Ambulance Charity by holding your own tea party and raise vital funds to help save lives.
londonsairambulance.org.uk/teaparty
London’s Air Ambulance is the registered charity that delivers an advanced trauma team to critically injured people in London. Registered Charity (801013).
Support London’s Air Ambulance Charity by holding your own tea party and raise vital funds to help save lives.
londonsairambulance.org.uk/teaparty
London’s Air Ambulance is the registered charity that delivers an advanced trauma team to critically injured people in London. Registered Charity (801013).
OCTOBER
An incredible 140 runners took on the Royal Parks Marathon. The team included four of our own crew who completed the race in full uniform!
NOVEMBER
Our 30th Anniversary Gala was our most successful ever, raising a record £608,000 for our lifesaving charity. This is the equivalent of 275 potentially life-saving missions.
DECEMBER
Dr Tom Hurst appointed as the new Medical Director of London’s Air Ambulance. Tom brings a wealth of expertise to the role. He is currently a Consultant in Pre-hospital Care with London’s Air Ambulance and a Consultant in Intensive Care medicine and Major Trauma at King’s College Hospital.
JANUARY
Dr Anna Dobbie becomes our Lead Clinician. Anna joined the service in 2008 and now as Lead Clinician is responsible for the overall day to day running of the service, ensuring high clinical standards and supporting the entire team to deliver world class trauma care.
FEBRUARY
During 2019 our team treated 1,730 patients. The Mission Map shows the distribution across the London Boroughs of where our team was dispatched.
57 63
Enfield
Barnet
51 92
Haringey
Camden
42 MARCH
In March, the Covid-19 pandemic meant that our charity team needed to work from home, as we all tried to stay safe and support the NHS. Many of our usual fundraising activities stopped and the impact will be felt for some time to come.
