Tributes paid to air ambulance chair, who passed away suddenly at age of 54

Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance has announced that its chair John Bullough has passed away suddenly at the age of 54.

The charity paid tribute to his enthusiastic fundraising to support the service.

“His brand of enthusiasm for fundraising was to be admired,” said vice chair Mike Beale, “and over the 10-year history of SCAA he saw over £50 million raised, crews responding to nearly 5,000 call outs and thousands of lives saved or impacted upon”.

He added: “John will be sadly missed by everyone at SCAA and our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time.”



Air Ambulances UK chief executive Simmy Akhtar said Bullough was “hugely passionate about air ambulance innovation and patient care.

Three years ago, Bullough was awarded an MBE for his services to emergency services and community of Perth. He received the award from Princess Anne at Holyrood Palace last year.

He was also a special constable with Perth police and had been chair of the area’s city development board for a decade.

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