EMERGENCY services responded following concerns for the welfare of a woman in Bournemouth.

Dorset Police were called at 6.43pm on Monday, June 20 to reports of the concern for welfare of a woman in Madeira Road, Bournemouth.

Officers attended and the woman was taken to hospital to receive the appropriate care.

Fire services were also in attendance.

A spokesperson from Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were called to Madeira Road, Bournemouth at 6.53pm yesterday evening to assist with a Police incident.

"A crew from Springbourne, technical rescue teams from Poole and the aerial ladder platform from Westbourne attended but no action was required from our crews.”

Emergency services left the scene at 7.18pm.