Air Ambulance & Medical Repatriation from Italy to the UK
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Urgent Air Ambulance & Medical Repatriation from Italy to the UK
Need to get a sick or injured loved one home from Italy? SkyCare provides emergency medical repatriation from Italy to the UK and Europe — including air ambulances, medical escorts, and ground ambulance transfers.
We operate 24/7 from Rome, Milan, Sicily, Venice, Naples, Sardinia, Florence, and ski resorts like Cortina d’Ampezzo and Madonna di Campiglio. Most transfers are arranged within 24 hours.
Our bilingual team manages every step — from ICU flights to bed-to-bed repatriation with escorts, including paperwork, hospital liaison, and border clearances.
Whether collecting from a hospital, ski clinic, hotel, or home, we tailor every repatriation to condition, location, and urgency. Read more about skiing accidents or how we help injured travellers abroad.
What Affects the Cost of Medical Repatriation?
Click here to learn what affects pricing and how we provide fixed, transparent quotes.
Choosing the Right Transport Option
You may need an air ambulance from Italy, or a commercial medical escort — we’ll help you choose the safest option. Explore your choices here.
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Safe, Swift Medical Transport from Italy to the UK and Europe
SkyCare provides rapid-response medical transport across Italy — including private air ambulances, ground ambulance transfers, and medical escorts on commercial flights. Whether you’re recovering in a public hospital, private clinic, or a mountain resort, our bilingual team manages the entire process from bedside to destination. We’re trusted by families, hospitals, and international insurers across Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, Naples, and alpine regions like the Dolomites.
Private Air Ambulance from Italy
SkyCare arranges urgent air ambulance repatriation from Italy to the UK and across Europe. Whether a patient is at a public hospital, a private clinic, or a ski resort in the Alps or Dolomites, our ICU-equipped aircraft and experienced medical crews provide safe, bedside-to-bedside care.
We operate rapidly from major Italian hubs and support key regions including Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, and northern alpine areas.
Our English and Italian-speaking teams manage every detail, including medical clearances, airfield permissions, and receiving hospital coordination — ensuring a smooth, dignified return home.
Medical Escort on Commercial Flights from Italy
For stable patients in Italy who are fit to fly, our commercial medical escort service is a cost-effective alternative to air ambulance flights. A SkyCare doctor or nurse accompanies the patient from bedside to destination, providing continuous care throughout.
We arrange departure from major Italian airports, coordinating directly with airlines, airport staff, and receiving hospitals. This service is ideal for repatriation to the UK or Europe from cities like Milan, Rome, Venice, and from regional airports serving the Alps and Dolomites.
Ground Ambulance Transfers in Italy
SkyCare provides fully equipped ground ambulance services in Italy, offering safe, medical-grade transport between clinics, hospitals, residences, and major Italian airports.
Our ambulances are staffed by experienced paramedics and medical personnel — ideal for hospital discharges, interfacility transfers, or connections to air ambulance and medical escort flights.
We serve Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, and mountain regions including the Dolomites — ensuring rapid access to international airports such as Milan (MXP), Venice (VCE), and Bolzano (BZO) for onward medical travel.
How to Arrange an Air Ambulance from Italy to the UK
- Request a Personalised Quote: Use our secure online form to receive a tailored quote based on your location in Italy, medical condition, and urgency.
- Confirm Medical Details & Booking: Approve the quote, submit the patient’s medical documents, and complete payment to confirm the repatriation plan.
- Full Journey Coordination: We arrange everything — from ground ambulance pickup in Italy to the air ambulance flight and handover in the UK.
- Safe Repatriation to the UK: The patient is accompanied by our experienced medical team with continuous in-flight care until hospital arrival.
Why Choose SkyCare for Air Ambulance Services in Italy?
- 24/7 Rapid Response: Immediate medical repatriation from Italy to the UK, including same-day departures when possible.
- Dedicated Air Ambulance Fleet: ICU-equipped aircraft available for emergency evacuations, intensive care transfers, and non-urgent medical flights.
- Expert Medical Team: Each flight is staffed by specialist doctors, critical care nurses, and paramedics with extensive international experience.
- Bed-to-Bed Coordination: We manage every step — from public hospitals, private clinics, ski resorts, or home pickup in Italy to arrival at your chosen UK facility.
- Trusted by Families & Insurers: SkyCare is relied upon by private clients, travel insurers, NHS trusts, and UK hospitals for safe, professional repatriation.
Frequently Asked Questions – Air Ambulance Italy
SkyCare can often arrange air ambulance flights from Italy to the UK within 24 hours, depending on medical readiness and airport clearance. We regularly operate from major Italian airports, including:
- Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO)
- Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP)
- Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)
- Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)
- Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)
- Naples International Airport (NAP)
- Pisa International Airport (PSA)
- Turin Airport (TRN)
- Palermo Falcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)
- Catania Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)
If your loved one is in a hospital in Italy without family to support them, we strongly recommend bringing them home as soon as it is safe to do so. This article explains why hospital care in Italy can be very different from the NHS.
If you want to know what options you have to get a patient back to the UK, please read this article written by our own Dr Lee Collier
What Factors Influence the Cost?
The cost of an air ambulance from Italy to the UK depends on several factors, including the patient’s condition, the collection airport in Italy, and the medical crew required.
As a result, at SkyCare, we provide fully transparent, fixed-price quotations that include the flight, medical team, ground ambulance transfers at both ends, and all coordination.
To receive a personalised quote, contact our team or request a quote online.
Yes. We regularly assist patients from popular Italian holiday regions such as the Amalfi Coast, Lake Garda, Lake Como, the Italian Riviera, Sicily, and Sardinia. Wherever you are in Italy, we can arrange repatriation — typically via major airports including Rome (FCO), Milan (MXP), Venice (VCE), Florence (FLR), Bologna (BLQ), Naples (NAP), Pisa (PSA), Turin (TRN), Palermo (PMO), and Catania (CTA).
What type of medical care is provided during the flight from Italy?
Each SkyCare flight is staffed by a specialist medical team, carefully selected based on the patient’s condition — typically including an intensive care doctor, critical care nurse, or paramedic. We operate ICU-equipped aircraft featuring ventilators, cardiac monitors, defibrillators, syringe drivers, and emergency medications.
Before the flight, we liaise directly with the discharging hospital in Italy and the receiving hospital in the UK to ensure full clinical continuity. During the journey, the patient receives continuous in-flight monitoring, stabilisation, and treatment — whether it’s post-surgical care, respiratory support, trauma management, or pain control. Our medical team remains by their side until handover at the UK destination hospital or home.
Can SkyCare repatriate patients from Italian hospitals to a UK hospital or home?
Yes. SkyCare provides a fully managed, bed-to-bed medical repatriation service — including from hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centres, or private residences across Italy.
We work directly with the discharging facility in Italy and the receiving hospital or home in the UK. Our medical coordinators handle all logistics, including fit-to-fly assessments, medical reports, hospital discharge coordination, airport clearances, and ambulance transfers at both ends.
Whether the patient is in a busy city hospital in Milan or a remote alpine clinic, we ensure safe and seamless repatriation — with a dedicated air ambulance or commercial medical escort depending on clinical condition and urgency. Family members are kept informed throughout, and we remain on hand 24/7 until the patient is safely home or admitted to a UK facility.
An air ambulance is a dedicated aircraft with full ICU capability, ideal for patients needing intensive care. A medical escort travels with the patient on a commercial flight, suitable for those who are medically stable but still require supervision. SkyCare offers both options from Italy.
Expert medical repatriation by air or escort — fast, reliable, and tailored to your needs.
Need Immediate Medical Repatriation from Italy?
SkyCare provides private air ambulance, commercial medical escort, and ground ambulance services from Italy to the UK, available 24/7. Whether you’re supporting a loved one after surgery in Rome, managing a complex case in Naples, or urgently need to fly home after a skiing accident in the Dolomites — our experienced medical team is here to help.
We offer full bed-to-bed medical repatriation — from ICU air transfers to escorted commercial flights for stable patients, and ground ambulance transport for shorter cross-border journeys within Europe.
Call us now on +44 (0)203 150 3999 or request a confidential quote online.
We respond within minutes — and manage every detail with compassion, clarity, and full clinical oversight.
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What our clients say.
Commercial Medical Escort from London to Bulgaria
I couldn’t praise Craig and the team more! Craig was a literal life-saver and helped me so much during one of the toughest times in my life. He organised everything in less than 24 hours. If you ever need medical repatriation, SkyCare are the one and only choice you should be considering.
Following a very poor and frustrating experience with a medical insurance company who seemed focussed only on delaying matters we contacted SkyCare to organise medical repatriation for a family member we needed to get back to the UK. From start to finish we felt SkyCare offered the highest level of service obviously wanting the best medically for our relative but also professionally and speedily dealing with the necessary administration and formalities when coming from Iceland to the UK…
I’m so grateful to Craig and the team at SkyCare for guiding us through a difficult period. The team were always responsive and went above and beyond to assist our specific circumstances and challenges, to find a solution that was a safe and practical for us. They were personal and professional and treated us with sensitivity and compassion. I would 100% recommend them to everyone.
Commercial Medical Escort from Funchal to London
At a very desperate time, I was fortunate enough to find SkyCare and their wonderful team. My mother had a stroke overseas. The insurance team let us down badly so I looked at finding independent services to repatriate her back to the UK. SkyCare were able to provide a detailed and transparent price breakdown within 2 hrs . They provided a new quote within 30 min when we had to adjust an element of the repatriation. My insurance service would not provide a detailed quote…
Road Ambulance from Worthing to London
A highly professional service, performed so efficiently at a moments notice, with kindness and even a little humour at such a difficult time for us. Highly recommend.
Craig and Ben were absolutely brilliant! The process was flawless and after the chaos of the incident that happened to my mum, Craig was fantastic in organizing everything so I didn’t need to worry! It went seamlessly and everyone was so kind! Best money spent to get my mum home for emergency surgery!! Hi Craig my name is Frank father of Louise (patient) & grandad of Liberty. Your company is exceptional, professional, with a wonderful caring attitude. Thank you so much for looking after my daughter. I recommend your company highly.
Superb service, from first contact to a positive result of repatriating my husband to a UK hospital, the support and care was fantastic. My husband Jim had a stroke at our house in Greece, after emergency treatment he was placed on a ward, which was awful. He had lost his speech and all movement on his right hand side. It is up to relatives to look after the patient in hospital, they only provide medical care. I was so stressed, trying to care for him…
Medical Repatriation Advice and Support
I recently spoke to Craig from SkyCare when my mum was seriously injured overseas and it looked like a medical repatriation was needed. His advice and communication was superb, helping me to navigate a market which appears to be full of brokers with misleading prices and shocking reviews. Fortunately, my mum was deemed stable enough to fly home commercially, and yet Craig still continued to provide advice even though…
Air Ambulance from Spain to London
SkyCare were beyond brilliant with us bringing my Dad back home to Wales by Air Ambulance after he suffered a major stroke in Tenerife. We were really impressed with the whole team’s professionalism and expertise from the first moment we contacted them to the day of the repatriation and even managing to reserve Dad a bed in the Stroke unit in Wrexham Hospital to avoid the delay and trauma of A&E after a very long day travelling…
Airport-to-Hospital Medical Transfer in London
Straightforward and genuine. Craig helped us get our mum safely from the airport to the hospital. Highly recommended.
Commercial Medical Escort from Boston, MA to London
SkyCare made a complex overseas transfer from Boston to London feel effortless. Craig and Sarah were outstanding — calm, professional, and always in touch. They handled everything, from visas to flight logistics, with genuine care and attention. The costs were very reasonable, but it was their empathy and support for both patient and family that made all the difference. I can’t recommend them enough.
Vietnam to London — Medical Repatriation by SkyCare.
Fantastic professional company. We couldn’t have done this without them. My friend suffered a stroke and was paralysed on the right side. Due to a technicality, his insurance wouldn’t cover repatriation, so we had to go private. If anyone is ever in the same position, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend SkyCare. They made a stressful situation feel manageable, and I’m so grateful for their calm, capable support throughout.
France to UK — Ski Injury Repatriation by SkyCare.
Fantastic service. I was repatriated from France after a skiing accident with multiple injuries. We contacted Craig at 4am and by 10pm I was home — ground ambulance, air ambulance, and ground ambulance again. Everything went smoothly with incredible medical care and kindness. After two miserable weeks in hospital, I finally felt safe and supported. I cannot thank SkyCare enough and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them.
Vietnam to London — Stroke Repatriation by SkyCare.
Amazing team of people. My brother had a stroke in Vietnam and the insurance company were useless. SkyCare guided me through the process, sorted everything out, and got him safely home. The whole team were fantastic, but special thanks to the medical crew — Adam and Sarah — who flew out and did an incredible job. I can’t recommend SkyCare enough for their calm, professional help in such a difficult time.
UK to Malaysia — Long-Haul Medical Repatriation by SkyCare.
If you’re in the UK looking for a repatriation company, I couldn’t recommend SkyCare enough. They arranged medical transport for my dad from London to Kuala Lumpur — a 12-hour flight. From my first message, they responded quickly and handled all documents and approvals efficiently. Huge thanks to Craig for making everything smooth and to Nurse Nav for caring for my dad the whole way home.
Spain to UK — Stroke Repatriation by SkyCare.
SkyCare were brilliant with us, helping to bring my dad home to England after he suffered a stroke in Spain. From the moment we reached out to the day of the repatriation itself, the entire team showed professionalism, compassion, and expertise. We felt fully supported and reassured throughout the process. Thank you to everyone involved — I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend SkyCare to anyone in a similar situation.
Las Palmas to UK — Air Ambulance Repatriation by SkyCare.
Thank you to Craig and Ben for organising our return home from Las Palmas. My dad was extremely anxious about the process, but everything ran so smoothly at every stage. Mum is now safe in Maidstone Hospital, and she’s just happy to be somewhere she can easily communicate. The whole experience was calm, compassionate, and professional — we really appreciate everything SkyCare did to make it seamless.
— Pete McNair (via email)
France to UK — COVID-Era Medical Repatriation by SkyCare.
From first contact to the final update confirming safe arrival, SkyCare’s care and coordination were second to none. They handled all COVID testing, documents, and border requirements with professionalism and warmth. Repatriating two elderly parents during a pandemic was daunting, but they made the process seamless — even providing journey tracking door to door. Their genuine care and clear communication reassured us at every stage. I highly recommend SkyCare for compassionate international patient transfers.
Cannot thank the team at BM Ambulance enough for getting my Dad home from Spain. Craig/Sarah/James/Emma & Danny were all absolutely amazing. It was a huge 24 hour journey and they made Mum & Dad feel comfortable and safe the entire way. I don’t think my Dad would have made it without your help. He’s still not in the best of health but at least we have him home. We definitely could not have done this without you. Thank you all involved. Amazing people offering a fantastic service. x
I would have given more than 5 stars if I could have. A big thank you to Craig, Sarah and John for the safe delivery of our much loved mum, mother in law, Nan and great grandmother from Spain after suffering a stroke.
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