Graham Chalk

Role Lead Paramedic
Joined: 1997

Graham joined the London Ambulance Service in 1988 and started as a Flight Paramedic with London’s Air Ambulance in 1997 on secondment, returning to life as a Motorcycle Paramedic just over a year later.   Having always wanted to return, he had the opportunity in 2004 when the position of Lead Paramedic for London’s Air Ambulance and Specialist Response Coordinator for the London Ambulance Service arose.  His responsibilities include recruitment and training of new Flight Paramedics, managing the Paramedic team, and acting as a link between the LAS and LAA.  When not working, his passion is sailing his boat. He lives on a houseboat in Sussex.

Steve Barber

Role: Paramedic
Joined: 2012

Steve joined the London Ambulance Service in 1999 and worked as an Emergency Medical Dispatcher and Technician before becoming a Paramedic in 2007. He has just completed a five year part time Paramedic Science degree programme at the University of Hertfordshire. It was always his goal to become a Flight Paramedic with London's Air Ambulance and he joined the team in April 2012 following the intensive recruitment process. He is grateful to his partner, family and friends for their support. Steve is enjoying the new challenges offered by the role and the opportunity to work with some amazing doctors and paramedics caring for critically injured patients. Steve looks forward to ongoing involvement with London's Air Ambulance and is proud to now be associated with such a great team of people.

Dan Davis

Role Paramedic
Joined: 2013

Dan has worked for London Ambulance Service since 2004 and has been a Paramedic since 2007. Having worked on Ambulances and Fast Response Cars he joined the Motorcycle Response Unit in 2008. He has subsequently gone on to train as one of two Riding Standards Assessors in London. Dan completed a 7 month secondment on the Physician Response Unit of London's Air Ambulance in 2011, and was given a unique opportunity to experience the day to day workings of the Trauma teams from within the organisation. He has aspired to become a Flight Paramedic for a number of years and this job is now the culmination of a lot of hard work over the last few years.

"I have a wife, two young boys and a slighty moth eaten English Bull Terrier, who thankfully supports me at home, in return for a promised visit to see the helicopter at some stage no doubt! I'm really looking forward to the coming months working with the extended staff at London's Air Ambulance," says Dan.

Nicola Burch

Role Paramedic
Joined: 2012

Nicola joined London Ambulance Service in 2003 and has been working as a Team Leader at Croydon.  It has always been her aim to become a flight paramedic on London's Air Ambulance. "I feel very lucky to be a part of one of the most advanced trauma systems in the world and for and being able to take what i have learnt and experienced back to benefit my work with the LAS and my peers," says Nicola.