Freddy Flintoff supports the helipad campaign after top gear crash

Andrew “Freddy” Flintoff has supported a campaign to help more hospitals to get helipads, calling them “a second chance to give me a second chance” after my car accident on the top gear track.

Flintoff was rushed to the hospital after suffering from serious injuries while filming in the dunsfold aerodrum in Surrey in December 2022.

Supporting the campaign by helicopter emergency landing pads (help) appeal, he said: “As every cricket pitch has a wicket, every hospital requires a helpad.”

The presenter and former England cricketer, a major trauma center, which is part of the St. George, Epsom and St. Helier Hospitals Group, was taken to St. George Hospital in Totting.

He said: “When I was airlifted, the helipad was not just a safe place to land on the roof of the hospital, it was an important step in giving me a second chance because I had immediate access to expert care that helped to save my life.”

Originally in Lancashire, Flintoff of Preston said in a documentary that he felt that he had died in the accident, which was while filming for the top gear.

Flintoff also recently He visited NHS staff taking care of him In St. George Hospital, in which a helipad is funded by appeal.

Charity said that 30,000 landing was held at the 32 NHS hospital helipad across England.

It said that it also funded 23 major upgrades in other hospital helipads and aims to fund 40 new and advanced people.

Helipad Infrastructure NHS England has not commissioned at the national level.

Financial assistance for air ambulances is at the discretion of individual NHS trusts.

The help appeal provides grants to NHS trusts to fund the construction of the helipad, which can cover the entire or part of the cost.

Robert Burtram, Chief Executive Officer of Help Appeal, said: “We are incredibly grateful to Freddy’s support, especially knowing that thanks to his life, in part, in part, a help appeal was rescued to a help-funded helipad.

“His story throws light on why the work of charity is so important – the second count in a medical emergency and the helipad made all the differences.

“Freddy’s support brings invaluable awareness to the importance of rapid access to emergency care for emergency care for all everywhere, everywhere.”