AMBULANCE chiefs say plans to re-locate in Darlington will improve response times.
The North-East Ambulance Service NHS Trust hopes to move into disused workshops at Darlington's fire station, in St Cuthbert's Way.
Ambulance staff presently use a crew room at Darlington's Memorial Hospital as a base, with ambulances kept in the hospital grounds.
An outline business plan has been sent to the regional executive of the NHS based in Newcastle for approval.
A number of ambulances could be based in St Cuthbert's Way, although it is not known when the move would take place.
The trust is co-locating in a number of areas across the North-East, with sites having been pinpointed in Tyne and Wear and Northumbria.
Richard Craig, trust secretary, said: "We are at the initial stages with Darlington at the moment.
"Co-locating with fire stations helps response times because invariably they are in primary sites within towns."
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