I hear too many times in a week the air ambulance coming into James Cook as it flys over my building, what I do know is that without it the people who have suffered accidents would not have the outcomes they do as it would take so much longer for them to receive medical support and to reach a major trauma centre.

We never know when any of us might need support from the air ambulance and so for that simple reason I am running the GNR for GNAAS.

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.