Cornwall Air Ambulance

Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust
FoundedApril 1987
TypeCharitable organisation
Location
  • Newquay Airport, Cornwall, England
Coordinates50°25′58″N 4°59′02″W / 50.4329°N 4.9838°W / 50.4329; -4.9838
Area served
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Aircraft operated
Leonardo AW169
Patron
Queen Camilla[1]
Key people
Tim Bunting (CEO)[2]
Colonel Sir Edward Bolitho (President)
Barbara Sharples (Vice President)[3]
Revenue£10.1 million[4] (2023)
Staff53[4] (2023)
Volunteers230[4] (2023)
Websitecornwallairambulancetrust.org

The Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust is a charity that provides a dedicated helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.[5] The service operates a Leonardo AW169 helicopter and two critical care cars that are utilised when the helicopter is unable to fly.[6] Together they attend about 1,100 incidents per year.[6] As of December 2018, the helicopter service had flown over 28,000 missions since 1987.[7]

When introduced on 1 April 1987, Cornwall's air ambulance was the first dedicated HEMS operational in the United Kingdom.[8] The helicopter enables a fast response to the most critically ill or injured and can facilitate access to isolated locations, such as beaches, cliff-tops and moorland areas, which are less accessible by road.

  1. ^ "Meet The Cornwall Air Ambulance Abassadors & Patron". Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Meet The Cornwall Air Ambulance Leadership & Governance Team". Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Meet The Cornwall Air Ambulance President & Vice President". Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference ccoverview was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Hargreaves, Andy (11 June 2015). "Busy week for Cornwall Air Ambulance". Scilly Today. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Annual Report 2019". Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Annual Report 2018". Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  8. ^ "National Air Ambulance Week". Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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