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.


1,620
callouts last year


ยฃ4,135
cost per mission


ยฃ6.7m
annual cost of the service
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During this challenging time, support for our life-saving service is as crucial as ever. With your support, we fly on.
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GNAAS win North East business award
We are celebrating after winning an award at a ceremony held to recognise the best of North East business. Our charity was presented with the Services award in the Teesside heat of the North East Business Awards, which was held at Middlesbrough College. David Stockton, the chief executive officer from GNAAS, dedicated the award to … Continued
Brew with the Crew
Baby who needed to be airlifted reunited with GNAAS paramedic four years later
Isaac Hoey from Sunderland was only six weeks old when he suddenly stopped breathing while on a weekend break in the Mungrisdale area of the Lake District in 2018. Recalling the incident, his mother Helen Hoey said: โWe had been for a weekend away in the Lakes and Isaac had developed a cold over the … Continued
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