Essex & Herts Air Ambulance

On average, we treat 1,200 patients every year, with our HEMS team dispatched approximately seven times per day across Essex, Hertfordshire and surrounding areas. We strive to save lives, reduce or prevent disability, or suffering from critical illness and injury, by delivering a first-class pre-hospital emergency medical service, but we rely on the goodwill and generosity of people and businesses in our local communities to keep our life-saving service operational. With two helicopters and a fleet of rapid response vehicles (RRVs), our life-saving service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Each base works a twelve-hour helicopter shift when daylight hours allow. The shift continues in a rapid response vehicle (RRV) when daylight hours are reduced. Centre for Excellence The vision for the Centre for Excellence is to create a world-leading community through which pre-hospital care is developed, reaching the highest possible standards whilst delivering the best possible outcomes for patients. Our Centre for Excellence was created in 2022. We realised that to continue to deliver the best possible clinical care for our future patients, an investment is needed in the future of medical care. In all areas of medicine, discoveries are constantly being made. More complex, and more effective interventions are being delivered for patients. Our charity board determined that we would work hard to fund a Centre for Excellence that would prepare us for future opportunities for our patients. During our journey of setting out a vision for a Centre for Excellence, we have pledged to always thrive to bring better and more effective care to our patients. During our journey of setting out a vision for a Centre for Excellence, we have pledged to always thrive to bring better and more effective care to our patients. Our vision for the Centre for Excellence is to create a world-leading community through which pre-hospital care is developed to achieve the best possible outcomes for people in our region and beyond. Our mission is to develop a framework to improve the health outcomes from illness and injury by striving to reach the highest possible standards of pre-hospital clinical care through research, innovation and education. Furthermore, to work collaboratively to share knowledge for the benefit of all. There are four pillars to the Centre for Excellence: Research and Scholarship Education and Training Innovation Community There are three domains to the Centre for Excellence: Head Injury Cardiac Arrest Patient Experience and Outcomes We will focus our major efforts and resources on research, education and innovation around our three clinical domains. In other areas, we constantly monitor and evaluate best practice so that we always make sure our patients get the best care.