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The charity that delivers specialist medics to patients within minutes of critical injury 🚁

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01/11/2026

At night, our helicopters are based at RAF Northolt, where these pictures were captured at a recent nightshoot.

📸 Alfie Lang

31/10/2026

Same city, same service, different era.

30/10/2026

Our Fire Crew are integral to the running of our service - swipe through to learn about their role at our helipad 🧯

29/10/2026

When someone is critically injured, there is often no time to get to hospital. That's why we take hospital-level interventions to the patient, giving them the best chance when every second counts.

28/10/2026

New helicopter, same service 🚁

27/10/2026

In August 2026, our team treated 218 patients across London.

These individuals were so critically injured that they did not have time to make it to hospital: they needed hospital-level treatment on scene. Among other potentially life-saving interventions, our team administered:

- 52 arterial lines
- 51 rapid sequence intubations
- 22 blood transfusions
- three thoracotomies (open chest surgery)
- one case of REBOA

These are treatments only our team can deliver at the roadside in London.

Our mission is to use everything we know, our specialist skills and unmatched experience to save lives and ensure the best outcomes for every one of our patients and their families. We’re continually innovating pre-hospital care, pushing the boundaries of what is possible, so that we can be there for the patient tomorrow that we couldn’t save today.

Click the link in our comments to read the full mission report.

26/10/2026

35+ years of innovation. One life-saving mission.

24/10/2026

When our helicopter arrives each morning, our medics and fire crew are ready with all the equipment needed for the day 🚁

23/10/2026

Our Dauphin helicopter, painted yellow between 1994 and 1997 🚁

Our helicopters may change, but our commitment to providing pre-hospital care does not. Since 1989, we’ve treated over 52,000 patients across London. A gift in your Will can help ensure our crews can be there when London needs them most.

Download our free Wills guide through the link in our comments.

22/10/2026

Did you know we were the first air ambulance in the UK to carry blood on board?

When someone suffers major blood loss, every minute matters. Losing a significant amount of blood can cause blood pressure to fall and reduce the amount of oxygen reaching vital organs.

That’s why our doctors and paramedics carry blood with them, allowing them to treat life-threatening blood loss at the scene, before a patient reaches hospital. We are the only team able to administer a blood transfusion on scene in London, bringing hope to our patients today, tomorrow, always.

Address

The Helipad, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel
London
E11FR

Telephone

+442030233300

Website

http://www.londonsairambulance.org.uk/

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