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9 January 1989

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London’s Air Ambulance Charity is set up as a joint initiative between:

• Daily Express - Andrew Cameron and Lord Stevens
• The Royal London Hospital - Richard Earlam and Alastair Wilson 
• NHS - Conservative Government led by Margaret Thatcher.

Image: London’s Air Ambulance’s first logo.

November 1988

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The Royal College of Surgeons of England issued a report documenting cases of patients dying unnecessarily because of the delay in appropriate medical care.

 

1988

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Express Newspapers agreed to provide London's Air Ambulance with a helicopter, pilots, operational staff and all running costs for four years – approximately £4 million.

Image: Letter from Lord Stevens of Ludgate, Chairman of United Newspapers plc., published in Trauma Care by R. Earlam; 1997.

1986

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London’s Air Ambulance came to life through a casual conversation. The basis was laid on the tennis court where the wives of Richard Earlam, Consultant Surgeon at The Royal London Hospital, and Lord Stevens of Ludgate, Chairman of United Newspapers plc., discussed trauma care in Germany.

April 1986

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London’s Air Ambulance was just a vision and aspiration of clinicians at The Royal London Hospital, who clearly articulated the need for a helicopter emergency medical service.

1985

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Rapidly increasing traffic levels in London coupled with road traffic collision statistics illustrate the urgent need for a helicopter emergency medical service.

Image: M25 accident rates, 1985 map

9 Jan 2022

This year marks the 20th anniversary of London’s Air Ambulance’s Physician Response Unit (PRU).

2 Dec 2021

On 1 December 2021, an additional medical team was launched by London’s Air Ambulance, meaning that for the first time, the service will operate with two duty teams on call for London.
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