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The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) brings pioneering pre-hospital care to the scene, rescuing hundreds of severely injured or ill patients every year. We are not NHS-funded.

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2,216

Call-outs in 2023/24

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£23,200

Daily operating cost

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£8.5m

Annual cost of the service

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Wife of cardiac arrest survivor thanks people for saving his life

Tracey Snell, 48, from Scremerston, Berwick-upon-Tweed, had travelled to Cocklawburn Beach with her husband Brian Snell, 67, who is affectionately known as ‘Bounce’. She was planning to walk their dog Teddy, while her husband collected and chopped up firewood which had swept up on the beach. Tracey said: “We chucked a chainsaw in the car, … Continued

The importance of our flight helmets

We had a chat with pilot JJ about the importance of this headwear. What are the impact and penetration risks to the head that are faced by the team? When we are going in and out of landing sites or flying around at the levels that we do, there is a chance that we could … Continued

Cyclist seriously injured during his commute to work benefits from GNAAS’ night-time service

Stephen Young, 49, from Grange-over-Sands, was travelling on the Allithwaite Road at approximately 5.30am on Monday 3 July 2023 when he was involved in a collision with a van. Stephen cannot recall what happened and sustained several injuries including an open distal femur fracture, a fractured kneecap, clavicle, and scapula, rib fractures with flail segments, … Continued

Wife of cardiac arrest survivor thanks people for saving his life

Tracey Snell, 48, from Scremerston, Berwick-upon-Tweed, had travelled to Cocklawburn Beach with her husband Brian Snell, 67, who is affectionately known as ‘Bounce’. She was planning to walk their dog Teddy, while her husband collected and chopped up firewood which had swept up on the beach. Tracey said: “We chucked a chainsaw in the car, … Continued

The importance of our flight helmets

We had a chat with pilot JJ about the importance of this headwear. What are the impact and penetration risks to the head that are faced by the team? When we are going in and out of landing sites or flying around at the levels that we do, there is a chance that we could … Continued

Cyclist seriously injured during his commute to work benefits from GNAAS’ night-time service

Stephen Young, 49, from Grange-over-Sands, was travelling on the Allithwaite Road at approximately 5.30am on Monday 3 July 2023 when he was involved in a collision with a van. Stephen cannot recall what happened and sustained several injuries including an open distal femur fracture, a fractured kneecap, clavicle, and scapula, rib fractures with flail segments, … Continued

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