Originally Posted by
helonorth
In EMS in the US, we can land just about anywhere we want. Not an exaggeration. If you don't like the LZ and see a better one, you can land there, no questions asked. We are talking about EMS, not picking up or dropping off some VIP at a hotel.
It is much the same in the UK. Once the callsign is changed to Alpha, the controllers know it is an emergency and the pilot has ultimate choose of landing site. In this case, the patient - according to one of the reports at least - collapsed in the coach station itself.