Thames Valley Air Ambulance

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.

Thames Valley Air Ambulance
Established2011
Legal statusRegistered charity
HeadquartersStokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, England
Region served
Royal patron
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh[1]
Revenue (2022)
£13.9 million[2]
Staff (2022)
100[2]
Volunteers (2022)
145[2]
Websitewww.tvairambulance.org.uk

Operations

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 September 2020, TVAA's income was £13.9 million, against expenditure of £14.9M, of which £9.7M was spent on operating the charitable emergency service.[2] In 2019, TVAA responded to 2,670 incidents.[5]

G-HBOB, the previous helicopter used by the charity

Media

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

References
  1. "The Countess of Wessex becomes Royal Patron of Thames Valley Air Ambulance". The Royal Family. 18 January 2019.
  2. "Charity Overview: Thames Valley Air Ambulance". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  3. "Our Vehicles". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  4. "TVAA starts night flying". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  5. "About Us". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  6. "Emergency Helicopter Medics". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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