More than 600 Air Ambulance missions in first half of year

The Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance charity was called out on 607 missions in the first half of 2025.

Of those, new figures reveal, 291 involved the helicopter, 316 involved the organisation's critical care cars and 119 missions were in the Swindon area.
In total, around two-thirds of all missions saw the team attend with a critical care doctor on board.
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. 
Safety and ground operations manager Richard Miller said: “We have a very dedicated crew – consisting of pilots, paramedics and doctors – who have been responding to emergencies, on average, three times every day so far this year.
“However, we would not be able to carry out this lifesaving work if it wasn’t for the amazing donors and local businesses who support our charity by raising vital funds to help us be there when we are needed most.”
The 119 Swindon area missions included 28 occasions when patients were transferred to Great Western Hospital.
March 2025 proved to be the busiest ever month on record for the charity, as the aircrew were called to 128 incidents across the 31 days – on average more than four missions per day.
It costs Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance Charity over £5 million each year to continue its lifesaving work in the community.