Originally Posted by
nomorehelosforme
Agreed but sometimes difficult as most hospitals are in build up areas
The reason it is difficult is because of the lack of brain power applied during the planning and design. When people were building hospitals in the UK 30 or 40 years ago it was already apparent that the helicopter was playing an ever-increasing role in the transport of critically ill persons. NHS management, architects, civil engineers, local authority planners and politicians should have been able to start getting a grip of this way back then. But here we are, 66 years after the first dedicated SAR squadron was formed, with world-class SAR and dozens of air ambulance aircraft, unable to ensure best use of these aircraft to create the best outcome for the patients.