Magpas Air Ambulance

Magpas Air Ambulance Magpas Air Ambulance is a charity that provides lifesaving care 24/7. With you, we save lives.

Magpas Air Ambulance brings crucial lifesaving care by land and air to patients in life-threatening emergencies in the East of England and beyond, 24/7. The Magpas Air Ambulance medical team receives enhanced training which allows them to offer procedures and treatments at the scene, like general anaesthetic, which are usually only available in hospital. This means that the frontline care the team

delivers doesn’t just save lives, it helps seriously ill and injured people return to a good quality of life. The charity relies on generous public donations to continue saving lives.

Three years ago today, we celebrated a major milestone in Magpas Air Ambulance’s history, as HRH The Princess Royal offi...
12/09/2026

Three years ago today, we celebrated a major milestone in Magpas Air Ambulance’s history, as HRH The Princess Royal officially opened our headquarters in Alconbury Weald; a building designed to help us provide our lifesaving work for generations to come.

Since then, thousands of supporters, patients, families and volunteers have been welcomed through our doors, getting a glimpse behind the scenes and meeting the people who make our work possible.

And while our home has become a place to welcome members of our community, the work inside has also continued to grow. We've since trained 18 new Magpas Air Ambulance doctors and critical care paramedics, hosted training for emergency services partners and had our busiest year on record, responding to more patients than ever before.

Three years on, it’s incredible to look back and see how far we’ve come. This would not have been possible without the incredible generosity of our supporters, who enable us to provide this vital service 24/7.

With you, we save lives.

11/09/2026

Did you see us along the River Cam in Cambridge last Sunday?

Our volunteer CPR trainers, including Alison, were busy teaching the Scudamore's Punting Company team and passersby the vital lifesaving skill of CPR.

Fewer than 10% of people survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the UK, but bystander CPR and early defibrillation can increase survival rates to 50–70%.

This Air Ambulance Week, learn more about our CPR training sessions at magpas.org.uk/cpr

Local landmarks across the region have been lighting up in orange in support of Magpas Air Ambulance this Air Ambulance ...
10/09/2026

Local landmarks across the region have been lighting up in orange in support of Magpas Air Ambulance this Air Ambulance Week!

Thank you to Ely Cathedral, The Guildhall in Cambridge, Bedford Corn Exchange and Town Bridge for demonstrating their support, and to all the other businesses, sports teams, community groups and individuals going orange in their own way to raise vital funds and awareness of our lifesaving cause.

With you, we save lives.

It's fitting that Emergency Services Day falls within Air Ambulance Week each year, providing us with an opportunity to ...
09/09/2026

It's fitting that Emergency Services Day falls within Air Ambulance Week each year, providing us with an opportunity to not only celebrate the nation's air ambulance services, but also the incredible emergency services partners we work alongside every day.

Thank you to every member of the 999 family, on the frontline and behind the scenes; with you, we save lives.

Emergency Services Day

07/09/2026

It's Air Ambulance Week: the national event that brings together the UK’s air ambulance charities to raise awareness and vital funds for the lifesaving pre-hospital care we deliver every day.

Your support for Magpas Air Ambulance saves lives and keeps families together 24/7. And this Air Ambulance Week, the first £1,000 donated to Magpas Air Ambulance will be doubled!

Make your donation, and your impact, go twice as far this Air Ambulance Week. Donate today at: https://magpas.org.uk/aaw26

Air Ambulance Week 2026 starts tomorrow!Anyone, anywhere in the UK could experience a medical emergency or traumatic inj...
06/09/2026

Air Ambulance Week 2026 starts tomorrow!

Anyone, anywhere in the UK could experience a medical emergency or traumatic injury at any time. In those critical moments, getting specialist doctors and paramedics to the patient quickly can mean the difference between life and death.

Your support for Magpas Air Ambulance helps get critical care to patients when it’s needed most.

This Air Ambulance Week, follow along to celebrate the incredible work air ambulance charities carry out across the UK every day, the extraordinary ways people across the East of England are raising vital funds for Magpas Air Ambulance, and how you can get involved and show your support.

Next week is Air Ambulance Week, and we're kicking it off in Cambridge this weekend!Come and say hello this Sunday at Sc...
04/09/2026

Next week is Air Ambulance Week, and we're kicking it off in Cambridge this weekend!

Come and say hello this Sunday at Scudamore's Punting Company Punting Company’s Mill Lane station, where we’ll be teaching CPR from 11 am–2 pm, while Bravo and members of the Magpas Air Ambulance team take to the River Cam and meet supporters from their very own charity-themed punt.

We’d love to see you there!

Learn the fundamentals of out-of-hospital clinical ultrasound with Magpas Air Ambulance.Taught by experienced clinicians...
02/09/2026

Learn the fundamentals of out-of-hospital clinical ultrasound with Magpas Air Ambulance.

Taught by experienced clinicians, our one-day course in core emergency ultrasound skills provides a firm foundation in the knowledge and skills required in point-of-care ultrasound in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine.

For doctors and paramedics. Book your spot today by visiting: https://magpas.org.uk/about-us/our-training/focus/

However you spent it, we hope all our supporters have had a safe and enjoyable bank holiday weekend! And after months of...
31/08/2026

However you spent it, we hope all our supporters have had a safe and enjoyable bank holiday weekend! And after months of hot weather, it’s certainly been a welcome change for our medics working 24/7 to see cooler temperatures returning and even some rain across the region.

Hopefully we see some greenery back in the countryside soon, but this week’s by Critical Care Paramedic James gives you a glimpse of just how dry it's been.

Over the past two weeks, five new clinicians have been put through their paces in preparation to join the Magpas Air Amb...
29/08/2026

Over the past two weeks, five new clinicians have been put through their paces in preparation to join the Magpas Air Ambulance team.

In that time, they've completed our specialist Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) training course—which follows a national training course that all new PHEM doctors across the country complete—and includes lectures, practical skills stations and realistic incident simulations. This helps hospital-based clinicians prepare for the unique challenges of delivering lifesaving care in unpredictable, pre-hospital environments before they join our team on shift.

The next phase of their training will see them take on a series of supervised shifts, responding to incidents as part of the duty team.

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