After an extended pilot scheme since July 2019, the North East Ambulance Service 's (NEAS) community paramedic scheme in Berwick has been granted permanent funding.
The NHS Northumberland Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has confirmed it will back the service - which sees a team of three paramedics working in and around Berwick from 9am to 9pm seven days a week.
NEAS said this service had, since the pilot began, halved emergency response times for the highest category of incident to just over six minutes and seen close to 6,000 patients.
