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Thames Valley Air Ambulance Impact Report 2026

Thames Valley Air Ambulance brings hospital-level critical care to patients across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Its 2026 impact report records 2,056 patients treated at the scene, including 222 children, and more than 2,000 patients supported beyond the scene through its patient support team.

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About

Thames Valley Air Ambulance is the charity delivering advanced critical care by helicopter and critical care car across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, bringing hospital expertise to the scene and supporting patients and families afterwards.

Key Metrics

Patients treated 2,056 patients received critical care at the scene from Thames Valley Air Ambulance crews.
Children treated 222 children were among the patients treated, 81 of whom were under five years old.
Care beyond the scene More than 2,000 patients received aftercare and support beyond the scene, including more than 1,300 new contacts with the patient support team.

Key Outcomes

  • 2,056 critically ill and injured patients reached with hospital-level care at the scene.
  • Over 2,000 patients and families supported through recovery after their incident.

Geography

South East

Impact Snapshot
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Total income £18,180,000 and total expenditure £18,560,000 (year ended 31 December 2024, charity no. 1084958 England/Wales and SC039654 Scotland); in 2024 spent £3.8m on...
Key Metric 2
700+ members supported through in-person visits and support calls in 2025; 697 support grants allocated in 2025 for essential items including specialist clothing, cooling...
Key Metric 3
Largest global investment in EB research to date: multi-million-pound drug repurposing trial provisionally agreed with LifeArc partner at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation...
£34,000 raised in 2025 winter appeal supporting families like Darcie's with specialist items, emotional support and research; 697 support grants delivered in 2025; first Members Connect event in Northern Ireland; EB Priorities Setting Partnership study completed providing global research roadmap
Impact Snapshot
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22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 2
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 3
733 beneficiaries represented at tribunals, resulting in £24.5 million in War Pensions awards
1,548 new families living with dementia supported by RBL Admiral Nurses service
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3,600 blind veterans received support across the UK; 447 new blind veterans started receiving support in 2024/25
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1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
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997 volunteers donated 26,824 hours of support; befriending service awarded Quality in Befriending Excellence — one of only 11 organisations in the UK to...
1,831 National Creative Wellbeing Project packs issued to help veterans reconnect with creativity and independence
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349,000+ people completed the Know Your Risk tool to assess their risk of type 2 diabetes in 2024
Key Metric 2
£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
Key Metric 3
32% of people completing NHS England's Path to Remission programme — which Diabetes UK campaigned for — put their type 2 diabetes into remission
Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge invested over £23 million in 19 projects across 161 experts from 47 institutions in 8 countries since 2022