Celebrating a prestigious national award win
Three leading air ambulance charities have won the Excellence in Collaboration category at the UK Excellence Awards 2026, recognising their pioneering work to share knowledge, strengthen services and help save lives across the East of England. The award win celebrates the groundbreaking Sharing for Success partnership between Magpas Air Ambulance, Essex & Herts Air Ambulance…
Read MoreHRH The Princess Royal celebrates lifesaving partnerships with Magpas Air Ambulance
This morning (29 September), Magpas Air Ambulance welcomed HRH The Princess Royal to the charity’s headquarters in Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire, for a special event celebrating lifesaving partnerships. Following the charity’s busiest year ever, the visit brought together clinicians, supporters and emergency services partners, whose combined efforts enable Magpas Air Ambulance to respond when communities face…
Read MoreBedford gym goes “All In For Life” to raise lifesaving funds
Core Performance Gym is calling on people across Bedford to go “All In For Life” on Saturday, 19th September 2026—a full-day fitness challenge raising money for Magpas Air Ambulance. The charity brings hospital-level emergency care to the most seriously ill and injured patients across Bedfordshire, reaching them in an average of just 14 minutes. Among…
Read MoreSupport your local air ambulance this Air Ambulance Week
It’s Air Ambulance Week: an annual event that brings together the UK’s 21 air ambulance charities to raise awareness and vital funds for the lifesaving pre-hospital care we deliver every day. With our advanced doctors and critical care paramedics treating patients in Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and across the East of England 24/7, your support for Magpas…
Read MoreFull circle fundraising
Andy has been a staunch supporter of Magpas Air Ambulance for almost a decade. First by raising money through an annual fireworks event for his local community in Hemingford, and then taking on the Cambridge Half Marathon for the charity in 2021. Andy Ward running the Cambridge Half Marathon for Magpas Air Ambulance He remembers,…
Read MoreTwo decades of partnership: Saving lives together
For 20 years, our region’s three air ambulance charities have partnered with the ambulance service to deliver rapid, lifesaving care to patients when every second counts. As the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) marks its 20th anniversary on 1 July, Magpas Air Ambulance, East Anglian Air Ambulance and Essex & Herts Air…
Read MoreDelivering groundbreaking training for Armed Forces paramedics
This Armed Forces Week, a Cambridgeshire-based air ambulance charity has just finished delivering a pioneering medical training course for military paramedics. Armed Forces Week (22-28 June), culminating in Armed Forces Day on 27 June, provides the nation with a chance to recognise the contributions and the sacrifices those in the Armed Forces make, and show…
Read MoreMagpas Air Ambulance responds to Bedfordshire train collisionÂ
On Friday, 19 June, Magpas Air Ambulance—alongside East Anglian Air Ambulance and Essex & Herts Air Ambulance—was dispatched by the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) to a train collision in Bedfordshire.  Working alongside colleagues from London’s Air Ambulance, Midlands Air Ambulance, The Air Ambulance Service and other emergency service partners, our teams provided advanced critical care to those…
Read MorePioneering Magpas Air Ambulance doctors awarded MBEs
Magpas Air Ambulance’s Executive Medical Director, Dr Simon Lewis, and former Medical Director, Dr Rod Mackenzie, have both been awarded an MBE in His Majesty The King’s Birthday Honours list 2026, for services to emergency care. Magpas Air Ambulance Executive Medical Director Dr Simon Lewis Dr Simon Lewis began working with the charity as a…
Read MoreMay becomes our busiest month on record
The increased demand for Magpas Air Ambulance and the lifesaving service it provides is here to stay, with the charity experiencing its busiest month on record in May. This follows the service—that relies on public donations to continue saving lives—being called to more critically ill and injured patients than ever before last year. Magpas Air…
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