Great North Air Ambulance Service vital to rural life

To mark air ambulance week, Farmers Guardian looks at the invaluable role the Great North Air Ambulance Service plays within the farming community

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Left to right: Lee Salmon and Dr Theo Weston.
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Left to right: Lee Salmon and Dr Theo Weston.

Air ambulance charities across the UK are collectively dispatched to over 125 life-saving missions each day, reaching someone in urgent need within 16 minutes on average. Providing an indispensable...

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