The North East Ambulance Service has been asked to provide data on a more local level after it told councillors its response times to incidents were among the best in the country.
In a presentation to Northumberland County Council's Health and Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Committee, NEAS bosses revealed the service had the best average response times to category one (life threatening) incidents in the country.
But one councillor was concerned the figures did not tell the whole story, arguing that response times in rural areas were likely to be higher than those in more urban areas.
