The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) rescues hundreds of severely injured or ill patients every year throughout the North East, North Yorkshire and Cumbria. Their doctor-led critical care teams deliver life-saving treatments at the scene of the incident whether that is on a fell top, a roadside or in a city centre. The charity responded to 1,640 call outs last year* alone, via their helicopter and emergency response vehicles, where they performed treatments and procedures which can mean the difference between life or death.

Replay: This charity is close to my heart, as they have saved my uncles life after a hiking accident. The GNAAS are a group of volunteers that have went out of their way do something to help the public. And do not get the recognition that they so deserve. So with this event in mind we want to try and raise recognition not on to the GNAA but all Air Ambulances across the UK.