Taking to the skies to reach patients might seem glamorous, but for David Fletcher the focus is on care, as well as safety As the bright red helicopter I'm sitting in shudders and shakes its way off the ground, I think to myself – David Fletcher has one hell of a company car. An air ambulance paramedic, Fletcher spends much of his day 1,500ft in the air, rushing to the scene of accidents and ...

Scotland's two air ambulance helicopters have been grounded amid safety fears over the Eurocopter aircraft.

FOR more than a decade, the East Anglian Air Ambulance has been saving lives across the region. But now the charity needs the help of EADT readers to ensure it can continue to provide the very best vital emergency care to those in need. Health correspondent KIM BRISCOE reports.