Since 2009 the HELP Appeal charity has identified and helped to fund helipads or upgrade existing infrastructure at 14 Major Trauma Centres and Accident & Emergency (A&E) hospitals across the UK.
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Royal Preston Hospital Helipad Upgraded, 22-Mar-19 : #Hospital The Royal Preston Hospital in England received a £111,000 donation from the HELP Appeal to cover improvements to the safety of the hospital helipad and further assisted its night flying capabilities
Maidstone Hospital New Helipad, 18-Mar-19 : #Hospital Helicopters are using a temporary landing site at the rear of the oncology unit at Maidstone Hospital in Kent, England. Thru donations a new helipad is expected to be finished by spring of 2020
New Led Lighting at Dorset County Hospital, 28-Feb-19 : #LedLighting HELP Appeal donation allow the hospital’s helipad perimeter lighting to be upgraded from the original white lights, to modern green LED lights, that are significantly more visible.
Scottish Raigmore Hospital Helipad Upgrade, 21-Feb-19 : #Helipad In a three months work, Kier Construction completed upgrade of the Raigmore Hospital helipad in Inverness, Scotland with a cost of £600,000 which came from two charitable donations: HELP Appeal (480) and Highland Health Board Endowment Fund (120)
Sheffield Children’s Hospital Helipad, 06-Feb-19 : #HospitalHelipad HELP Appeal charity to make donation of £2.25 million to cover half of the cost of the helipad at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. Expected completion in 2023
Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Helipad, 15-Sep-18 : HELP Appeal,the only UK charity dedicated to funding hospital helipads, announced donation of £2.5M for the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital’s helipad
