The Great North Air Ambulance (GNAAS) helicopter landed in Heaton 's Iris Brickfield park on Sunday evening.
GNAAS were responding to reports of a medical incident in the area - and a patient has now been conveyed to hospital by colleagues from the North East Ambulance Servic e (NEAS).
The Air Ambulance was called in shortly after 6.15pm, and arrived on the scene within twenty minutes, medics then assessed and treated the person affected.
