Record 595 knife and shooting victims treated by London air ambulance

The Air Ambulance lands at the Royal London hospital in London

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A record number of victims of stabbings and shootings received critical care from London’s Air Ambulance medics last year, new figures revealed on Thursday.

The charity was dispatched to 595 “penetrating trauma” incidents - 35 per cent of the 1,713 emergency missions it attended in 2021.