Our impact so far this year
Thursday, 03 July 2025
The Charity has responded to 607 missions in total, utilising the helicopter on 291 occasions, with 316 missions attended in the critical care cars.
In total, around two-thirds of all missions (65.5%) saw us attend with a critical care doctor on board.
It is part of our long-term strategy to ensure critical care doctors are part of our aircrew as much as possible, as they can carry out much-needed surgical procedures and medical interventions. Mission share with doctors has already risen from 51.1% in 2024.
A total of 177 patients have been transferred to local hospitals by our crew.
Southmead Hospital in Bristol has been our most frequented facility (51 times), followed by the Royal United Hospital in Bath (46) and Great Western Hospital in Swindon (28).
Swindon has accounted for 91 of the missions to date, with Chippenham (56), Trowbridge (46) and Bath (45) also regularly attended.
March 2025 proved to be our busiest ever month on record, as our aircrew with called to 128 incidents across the 31 days – on average more than four missions per day.
We have treated 71 children so far this year and attended 224 incidents at night.
Our annual mission stats for 2025
Our crew were called to 1,159 missions over the past year – a reminder of the lifesaving difference made possible by public support.
From our airbase in Semington, the helicopter and critical care cars responded to an average of three incidents every day, delivering advanced medical care when every second counted. Speed is the our superpower, with the helicopter able to reach anywhere in Wiltshire and Bath within just 11 minutes.