We seem to have gone off message here, & got sidetracked into the solely Police or Police & Hems thread.
Surely the original question was about the effect of the current round of amagamations. In which case its effective coverage that will count not which type of operation. Anyway the fund holders the New Police Forces will be more atuned to their own operations not someone elses.
There are many more pure air ambulance set ups around today than when the Police units started & they are unlikely to want to be swallowed up now!
I remain concerned that with a huge but largely insufficient budget to manage future managers will try to spread the jam too thin!