A MAN has been airlifted to hospital after sustaining a head injury while he was at work in Leominster.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said they were called to Southern Avenue in Leominster at 1.30pm today.

A community paramedic from Leominster and a land ambulance attended, but stood down when the air ambulance arrived.

A male has been airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham with a head injury.

Police said they attended after they received reports that a man was taken ill at work.