Thames Valley Air Ambulance

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Thames Valley Air Ambulance
Established2011
Legal status Registered charity
Headquarters Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, England
Region served
Royal patron
 Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh [1]
Revenue£12.2 million [2] (2024)
Staff128 [2] (2024)
Volunteers103 [2] (2024)
Website www.tvairambulance.org.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Thames Valley Air Ambulance (TVAA), previously the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance, is an organisation providing emergency medical services through the provision of a helicopter-based air ambulance covering the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire in the South East England region.

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Operations

The charity's helicopter, which is night-capable, is a Eurocopter EC135, [3] registered G-TVLY, operating between 7 am and 2 am. [3] [4] It is based at RAF Benson – roughly halfway between Oxford and Reading – with two pilots and a medical team. It also operates five emergency response vehicles (ERV), which, like the helicopter, carries a doctor and paramedic. [3]

In the year ending March 2024, TVAA's income was £12.2 million, against expenditure of £12.2M, of which £7.9M was spent on operating the charitable emergency service. [2] In 2019, TVAA responded to 2,670 incidents. [5]

G-HBOB, the previous helicopter used by the charity Air Ambulance - Abingdon 2013 (8713777408).jpg
G-HBOB, the previous helicopter used by the charity

Media

In 2018, the charity appeared on Channel 4's TV programme Emergency Helicopter Medics , which follows the crews responding and treating emergency patients. [6] Other air ambulances that featured in the show include Great North Air Ambulance and East Anglian Air Ambulance.

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References

  1. ↑ "The Countess of Wessex becomes Royal Patron of Thames Valley Air Ambulance". The Royal Family. 18 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Charity Overview: Thames Valley Air Ambulance". Charity Commission for England and Wales . Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Our Vehicles". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "TVAA starts night flying". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "About Us". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Emergency Helicopter Medics". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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