A person has been rushed to hospital after a 'medical incident' in County Durham that saw the air ambulance, paramedics, and police scrambled to the scene. 

Emergency services were seen on Church Lane in Ferryhill at around 5.30pm on Sunday (October 16) following reports of a person having a 'medical episode'.

After arriving at the incident, paramedic teams from the air ambulance worked to treat a patient alongside the ambulance service on the scene. 

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On Monday (October 17), the Great North Air Ambulance Service confirmed that they were called to the incident - but also revealed that the patient was taken to hospital via road ambulance with the help of a few medical professionals from the air ambulance. 

A spokesperson for the air ambulance service said: "Yesterday our critical care team were activated at 5.27pm to reports of a medical incident in Ferryhill.

"They arrived on scene at 5.34pm and our paramedic and doctor team worked alongside the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) to assess and treat a patient.

"The patient was taken to hospital by a NEAS road crew, accompanied by our team."

The North East Ambulance Service have also issued a statement, which confirmed that they were called to a private address in Ferryhill - but couldn't elaborate on the nature of the incidents.  

A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called to a medical incident at a private address in Ferryhill yesterday evening.

“It would be inappropriate for us to comment further.”

Durham Police has been contacted by The Northern Echo about their role in the incident and will update the story as soon as we have a statement.

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