Who we are

About us:  

Our Mission: To deliver lifesaving, advanced medical care to people across Wales, whenever and wherever they need it. 

Our Vision: To improve the lives of patients and their families, by being a world leader in advanced time-critical care.  

The Wales Air Ambulance delivers advanced lifesaving medical care to people across Wales 24/7. We are the only air ambulance charity, based in, and dedicated to, the people of Wales and rely entirely on your charitable donations to raise £11.2 million every year to keep the helicopters in the air and fleet of rapid response vehicles on the road.  

The Charity was formed on St. David’s Day, 1 March 2001 and operates from bases across Wales. Since its inception, the Charity has completed over 49,500 missions and is on standby to attend those suffering a life or limb-threatening injury or illness. 

Our service is delivered via a unique Third Sector and Public Sector partnership. The Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service (EMRTS) supplies highly skilled NHS consultants and critical care practitioners, who work on board the Charity’s vehicles. 

With bases across Wales, the highly skilled crew on board can carry out medical procedures which would usually only be available within a hospital setting. They can deliver blood transfusions, administer anaesthesia and undertake emergency operations at the scene of an incident, before taking the patient directly to specialist care. For the patient, this can mean hours saved in receiving the appropriate treatment when compared to standard care. 

As a pan-Wales service, the dedicated crews will travel the length and breadth of the country to deliver emergency lifesaving care. 

We are there for the people of Wales, whenever and wherever, they need us.