[3] The charity runs three services, two are emergency helicopters covering Warwickshire & Northamptonshire and Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland, and the third is the Children's Air Ambulance that covers Great Britain and provides an emergency transfer service for seriously ill babies and children.
The Children's Air Ambulance flies with two pilots, a medical crew member and a team of up to three NHS clinicians which includes at least one senior nurse and often a consultant.
The contract also includes provision of a dedicated spare AW109SP helicopter for use when the primary aircraft are under maintenance, which is also completed by Sloane.
[8][4] In addition to providing air ambulance services, the charity also operates two Skoda Kodiaq vRS 4x4 Critical Care Rapid Response Vehicles (RRV) daily.
[11][4] These are used to provide assistance and attend emergency incidents when the air ambulances are unavailable (including overnight when the aircraft cannot fly).
The RRV's carry the same equipment as the helicopters including a defibrillator/cardiac monitor, CPR machine and kit bags containing medical consumables and drugs.
[26] The new helicopters are significantly larger and higher specification than the previous aircraft featuring bespoke clinical equipment and an additional seat for a parent to accompany the patient and crew on transfers.
Its key strategic priorities are to continue to improve the quality of all its services and for the Children's Air Ambulance to be able to meet at least 90% of the demand for helicopter transfers between local hospitals and specialist paediatric centres.
The article stated that several thousands of pounds were spent on hiring Anton du Beke and Erin Boag to give dance classes to staff as a reward.
The source, a former fundraising manager, also said that funds raised were largely spent on "the upkeep of the charity: salaries, cars, the recruitment of more and more senior personnel.