London’s Air Ambulance treated 1806 patients in 2014. The charity has today released its mission statistics for 2014 in a bid to raise awareness.

Key statistics include:

London’s Air Ambulance held a special reception at No.11 Downing Street where the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, backed our campaign to raise £6 million for a new helicopter.

The event, co-hosted by CEO Graham Hodgkin and MP Mary Macleod followed on from our charity’s launch of the ‘Your London, Your Helicopter’ campaign and was a further opportunity for London’s Air Ambulance to recognise its invaluable supporters.

A revolutionary new mobile app and EE’s 4G network are helping London’s Air Ambulance save lives by reducing the time it takes to dispatch the charity’s advanced trauma teams by up to two minutes. Developed by mobile app developer Mubaloo and EE, the UK’s most advanced digital communications company, the app increases emergency dispatch efficiency by automatically providing London’s Air Ambulance trauma teams with incident information via EE 4G to help them reach patients quicker than ever before.

UPDATE: Our 'Your London, Your Helicopter' campaign in 2015 successfully raised the funds required to purchase our charity's second helicopter, G-LNDN. Thank you to everyone who contributed to and supported the campaign.

On the 26th April, advanced trauma paramedic Dean Bateman will be getting up early and making his way to Greenwich where he will join 40,000 others nervously contemplating the 26.2 miles ahead of them. You’ll spot him easily. He’ll be the one crossing the line in his London’s Air Ambulance flight suit.

The London’s Air Ambulance helicopter is currently undergoing its annual maintenance service which is due to take approximately 18 days.  During this time we will continue to provide 24/7 advanced trauma care for London, delivering the same medical team, expertise and equipment to scene via our rapid response cars. This was the case prior to 2014, as we do in darkness hours and at other times when our single helicopter is unavailable for either mechanical or weather-related reasons.

Thank you to everyone who took part in our Christmas Raffle 2014, we raised over £75,000 to support our life-saving service. Congratulations to all of our winners. 

Top prize winners

• £3,000 — 534773 Robertson 
• £500 — 495239 Hubbard
• £250 — 429617 MacLean

£50 M&S voucher 

Spreading festive cheer across the City, London’s Air Ambulance has hosted an exclusive, star studded Christmas Carol Concert at St Stephen Walbrook Church (10th December).

The charity that delivers an advanced trauma team to critically injured people in London, filled Sir Christopher Wren’s enchanting church with the sound of Christmas to raise funds for its life-saving service. Three seasoned choirs led the musical celebration while a host of well-known faces brought to life the story of Jesus’ birth.

Rounding off a year of anniversary celebrations, hundreds of glittering guests have descended upon the East Wintergardens in Canary Wharf for the London’s Air Ambulance Silver Gala  — "The crowning event in the charity’s fundraising calendar" said Chief Executive Graham Hodgkin (right).

The event catered for 250 guests made up of business chiefs and high society keen to show their support to London’s Air Ambulance, the charity that delivers an advanced trauma team to critically injured patients in London.   

BBC London presenter Victoria Hollins is supporting our Christmas Carol Concert alongside actress Donna Air and Lady Moss, wife of the legendary British racing driver. Each will deliver a biblical message that reveals the true meaning of Christmas. 

Victoria tells us what she enjoys about this special time of the year...

Question: This Christmas I will be? 
With my family. I'm hoping it will mean something to my daughter this year as she was only 5 months old last Christmas!