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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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2,083

Call-outs in 2024

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£25,200

Daily operating cost

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£9.3m

Annual cost of the service

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Girl who sustained a brain injury in horror fall from horse makes miraculous recovery

Senara Wilton, from Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland, was midway through her weekly horse-riding lesson in Hunwick when she fell during a canter, but instead of landing on the ground, her boot got caught in her stirrup and she was left hanging upside down. Her parents looked on in horror as the horse proceeded to gallop across … Continued

Paramedic cycling across the Pyrenees to support the air ambulance who helped save his life

Jack Talbot, 32, was cycling in Ulverston in July 2017 when he was knocked off his bike by a car in a hit-and-run incident. He was in a critical condition and sustained a serious brain injury, a T7 spinal fracture, a broken shoulder blade, rib fractures and a collapsed lung. North West Ambulance Service worked … Continued

Pensioner raises over £143,000 from selling walking sticks

Derrick Ions, 84, from Bedlington, has sold his sticks to raise money for the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) over the last 18 years. He first began making walking sticks as a hobby when he was approximately seven or eight years old and currently has a workshop in his double garage where he spends … Continued

Girl who sustained a brain injury in horror fall from horse makes miraculous recovery

Senara Wilton, from Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland, was midway through her weekly horse-riding lesson in Hunwick when she fell during a canter, but instead of landing on the ground, her boot got caught in her stirrup and she was left hanging upside down. Her parents looked on in horror as the horse proceeded to gallop across … Continued

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Paramedic cycling across the Pyrenees to support the air ambulance who helped save his life

Jack Talbot, 32, was cycling in Ulverston in July 2017 when he was knocked off his bike by a car in a hit-and-run incident. He was in a critical condition and sustained a serious brain injury, a T7 spinal fracture, a broken shoulder blade, rib fractures and a collapsed lung. North West Ambulance Service worked … Continued

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