BFC....exact right thread...see Brassed Off's post and link.
The answer pertains to the discussion about lack of service...rules getting in the way of getting the job done...and lives being lost as a result.
A fully qualified medical team could have been delivered by an EMS helicopter directly to the scene if it had been available. Shy of that....there is the RAF SAR units that could have been tasked despite their lack of first class life support equipment in their cab.
There seems to be a misunderstanding about the capability our US Helicopter EMS operations can bring to a casualty amongst our UK friends. The modern EMS helicopter is not just a transport wagon but a fully equipped medical unit with two very skilled medical crewmen....usually one being a Flight Nurse and the other an experienced Paramedic with advanced training.
A situation described in the article linked by Brassed Off would have been an immediate call for an EMS helicopter in the USA....without any doubt what so ever....and one would have responded within minutes of being called. (With the usual assumptions about flyable weather).