This service is unique in the UK. It exists to transfer critically ill children and babies who are already in a hospital to a more specialised paediatric and neonatal hospital. It generally does not attend accidents and operates as a patient transfer service. 
The Embrace Yorkshire & Humber Infant & Childrens Transport Service, part of Sheffield Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, provides life saving care by a team of specialist doctors and nurses who travel with their patients by road ambulances, helicopters and planes. Embrace works closely with Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, The Childrens Air Ambulance, Air Alliance and IAS Medical.
Based in Coventry, Warwickshire, they carried out their first transfer using own dedicated helicopter, an AW109 Grand operated by Sloane, on May 12th, 2013. Since 2017 flies AW169 from Specialist Air Services.
Since 2022 flying AW169 operated by Sloane.
Based in Coventry, Warwickshire, they carried out their first transfer using own dedicated helicopter, an AW109 Grand operated by Sloane, on May 12th, 2013. Since 2017 flies AW169 from Specialist Air Services.
Since 2022 flying AW169 operated by Sloane.
As of April 2024, AW169 G-PICU was being used to temporarily cover Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance while their usual helicopter undergoes annual maintenance. Seen at Weymouth vs Yeovil Town
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Models The Children’s Air Ambulance List of helicopters |
| C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69043 | aw169 | 2017 | G-CPTZ : new colour scheme, Children's Air Ambulance, pictured |  SE-JSG  G-CPTZ | |
| 22156 | aw109s | 2009 | G-HEMZ : Children Air Ambulance op by Sloane; 21may13 pictured (pic1) at Norwich | G-HEMZ  G-HEMZ | |
| 69147 | aw169 | 2022 | G-NICU : Children Air Ambulance, op by Sloane : From hospital in Birmingham to one in Newcastle in the first children ECM+ HELIMED80 : pictured HELIMED80 : new base at Gamston | G-NICU | |
| 69055 | aw169 | 2017 | G-PICU : Children Air Ambulance, op by SAS;
17jul18 pictured at Farnborough FIA 201+ : Essex and Herts. Appears to be spare helicopter, currently covering at EHA+ |  I-EASI G-PICU G-PICU | |
| 69038 | aw169 | 2016 | G-TCAA : Children Air Ambulance Aug18, op by SAS; pictured | G-TCAA  HL9682 |
