GNAAS saved my life and I’m very grateful for their help. My mum, dad, and kids are also very grateful.
Samantha Sugden
Penrith
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.
1,262
callouts in 2020
115,917
donations in 2020
£5.3m
cost of the service in 2020
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Your helicopter questions answered by pilot Keith Armatage
We asked the public whether they had any burning questions for our pilots here at GNAAS. We had a great response across our social media platforms, and here, GNAAS pilot Keith Armatage answers them all! Keith joined GNAAS in November 2014. Prior to joining the charity, he spent a year with North West Air Ambulance, … Continued
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