MEDICAL equipment was stolen from an ambulance while paramedics responded to a health emergency in a social club.

A bag containing medical books, house keys and a stethoscope was taken along with other equipment outside Ambleside Social Club, Southend.

The male suspect, who was wearing a red hoodie and riding a bicycle, then made off towards Southend city centre shortly after midnight on October 30.

An Essex Police spokeswoman said: “We are appealing for the public's help after medical equipment was stolen from the back of an ambulance in October.”

If you have information you should call 101 and cite incident 42/267704/22.