A doctor had to be taken to hospital after slipping and falling in the Lake District.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out to deal with the 50-year-old woman about 4pm on Monday following requests from Cumbria Police.

The woman has been out walking in Pasture Bottom, near Ullswater, with a group of fellow doctors.

She was assessed and a suspected fractured ankle was diagnosed. She was provided with pain relief before the ankle was dressed and placed in a vacuum splint.

Afterwards the crew transferred her by stretcher to the team Land Rover in the valley bottom before taking her to the Rescue Centre.

Once she had arrived there she was transported by ambulance to the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle for further treatment.

The rescue was attended by 14 team members and lasted about two-and-a-half hours.