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John Power

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As Chief Fire Officer, John is responsible for fire prevention and safety at the helipad. John has worked in aviation since 1989 and holds a fixed wing private pilot’s licence and a hot air balloon private pilot’s licence. John was a member of the Air Training Corps (ATC) 16F Wood Green and Hornsey until the age of 18, which helped him to get his foot in the door of the aviation business. He enjoys working within such a close knit team and finds meeting ex-patients and their families very rewarding.

Chris Sutton

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Chris is a member of our charity’s fire crew, who are responsible for fire prevention, safety and running the operations room at our helipad.

Stuart Whitford

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Stuart is a member of our charity’s fire crew, who are responsible for fire prevention, safety and running the operations room at our helipad.

Michael Horton

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Michael cycles 14 miles, not including the train ride, to get to work each day. He is also a volunteer fire fighter at The Shuttleworth Collection and Yorkshire Air Museum, providing fire cover for air shows and other events.

Mark Drewitt

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Mark joined London's Air Ambulance in January 2018, having previously worked as an aviation firefighter (later crew commander) at London Biggin Hill Airport for nine years. Mark has also served as a retained firefighter/crew commander with Kent Fire & Rescue Service for 12 years. Prior to this, he trained as an electronics engineer and is a qualified domestic electrician. In his spare time, Mark enjoys martial arts, motor sport and music. 

Demi Walsh

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Demi joined London’s Air Ambulance in January 2019 as HEMS Service Lead, working closely with and assisting the Helipad & Driver Standards Manager in providing an element of continuity and communication to enable operations to run smoothly.

7 Dec 2018

Our charity today launches a landmark new study in a first for UK air ambulances and pre-hospital care in an aim to reduce deaths due to catastrophic bleeding.

Thanks to funding from Barts Charity, Saracens and The Henry Surtees Foundation, the two-year study will look at the effectiveness of using a new blood product in critically injured patients suffering major trauma in London. 

The product will consist of red blood cells and plasma, and can be given as a transfusion to patients at risk of bleeding to death before arriving at hospital.

7 Dec 2018

Dr Tony Joy, Clinical Lead for our charity’s Physician Response Unit (PRU), has been named one of London’s 1000 most influential people by the Evening Standard. Tony was nominated in the ‘Social Pillars: Health’ category for leading the innovative collaboration’s expansion, and the impact it has had on patient experience.

7 Dec 2018

Could you be the designer of our charity’s next Christmas card? We’re looking for a budding young artist to help us say Merry Christmas.

It may feel a little early to start thinking about Christmas, but we’re already on the hunt for a new design for our cards. We send these cards out to some of our supporters, ex-patients and those our charity works closely with.

7 Dec 2018

We were really pleased to welcome two lucky lottery winners and their families to the helipad this month to present them with their winning cheque for £1000.  Thamesmead resident Susan Hazell and New Malden resident Gail Thompson both won the top prize in our weekly lottery draw.  At the helipad they were given a tour of the service and had the opportunity to speak to the medics and operational crews.

Speaking after her visit with her husband Paul, Susan said;

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