Air ambulance called 600 times so far this year

The Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance, pictured inset below, has responded to 607 missions in total so far this year, utilising the helicopter on 291 occasions, with 316 missions attended using the critical care cars.

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In total, around two-thirds of all missions (65.5%) saw the team attend with a critical care doctor on board, the charity revealed.

It is part of the charity's long-term strategy to ensure critical care doctors are part of the 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.