Landmark For EAAA As Air Ambulance Goes 24/7

Overnight gap where there has been no helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) coverage in the region is now closed, as EAAA becomes the first air ambulance in region to fly 24 hours a day.

EAAA has two critical care teams, Anglia One and Anglia Two, which operate from Norwich and Cambridge respectively to take the A and E department to the patient, by air or by car, wherever they may be in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk or Norfolk.

Their doctor and critical care paramedics have been operating 24/7 by rapid response vehicle since March 2020 and now that 24/7 service will be bolstered by a 24/7 helicopter operation, too, for the very first time.   

Matthew Jones, CEO of EAAA said, “This is a huge moment for East Anglia and something that we, as a charity, have been working passionately towards for several years; to provide critical care to someone in a life-threatening or life-changing situation no matter what the time of day or night."