AAAE shortlist revealed

The Air Ambulance Awards of Excellence (AAAE) has announced its shortlist for this year’s award winners. The UK-based awards,hosted by Association of Air Ambulances, will this year take place at the Millennium Chelsea Harbour Hotel, London on 12 November, and promises to honour those that have gone above and beyond in the UK Air Ambulance industry in 2018."My fellow judges and I were privileged to read about the very best of the outstanding organisations, teams and individuals that make up our air ambulance services,” said Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Chair of the Judging Panel. “These Awards give a real insight into the extraordinary work these people do every single day of the year. I believe it is important that we acknowledge this work during these annual Awards, which represent a rare opportunity for us all to recognise their commitment and expertise and simply to say thank you." This year’s shortlist decided by a panel of judges is as follows: Charity Staff Member of the Year: Gemma Kidd, Cornwall Air Ambulance Jen Easton, East Anglian Air Ambulance Natalie Church, MAGPAS Air Ambulance Air Ambulance Paramedic of the Year: Glenn O'Rorke, Air Ambulance Northern Ireland Jeremy Griffiths, Cornwall Air Ambulance Mark Williams, Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance Air Ambulance Doctor of the Year: Dave Ashton Cleary, Cornwall Air Ambulance Paddy Morgan, Great Western Air Ambulance Ami Jones, Wales Air Ambulance Air Ambulance Pilot of the Year: Dave Kelly, Essex & Herts Air Ambulance John Taylor, North West Air Ambulance Gavin Rowley, Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance Air Ambulance Campaign of the Year: Essex & Herts Air Ambulance - Keep in Touch Wiltshire Air Ambulance - Airbase Appeal Charity Volunteer of the Year: Colin Smith, Wiltshire Air Ambulance Ally Bally, Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance Gill Andrew, Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance Special Incident Award: Cornwall Air Ambulance - Tin Mine Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance - Float East Anglian Air Ambulance - Child Cardiac Arrest Midlands Air Ambulance - Traumatic Cardiac Arrest Innovation of the Year: The McQueen Charter - East Anglian Air Ambulance, Essex & Herts Air Ambulance, MAGPAS Air Ambulance & East of England Ambulance Service Student Resilience - Essex & Herts Air Ambulance ECMO - North West Air Ambulance