Thames Valley Air Ambulance
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| Established | 2011 |
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| Legal status | Registered charity |
| Headquarters | Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, England |
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Royal patron | Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh[1] |
| Revenue | £12.2 million[2] (2024) |
| Staff | 128[2] (2024) |
| Volunteers | 103[2] (2024) |
| Website | www |
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.
Operations
[edit]The charity's helicopter, which is night-capable, is a Eurocopter EC135[3] 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]
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Media
[edit]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.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Countess of Wessex becomes Royal Patron of Thames Valley Air Ambulance". The Royal Family. 18 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Charity Overview: Thames Valley Air Ambulance". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "Our Vehicles". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "TVAA starts night flying". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "About Us". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "Emergency Helicopter Medics". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
External links
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- Official website
- "Thames Valley Air Ambulance, registered charity no. 1084910". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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