Communities immediately north of Saskatoon will soon have access to ambulance service with even faster response times.

Starting this month there will be one staffed ambulance, based in Martensville, to address growing demand and improve response times for communities such as Warman, Martensville, Borden, Dalmeny, Hepburn, Langham, and Osler.

The province is providing $1.16 million in annual funding to the Saskatchewan Health Authority to support enhanced ambulance services.

The SHA will take a phased approach and start providing services 12 hours/day in November and an additional 12 hours/day will begin in March 2022. Medavie Health Services West is the EMS area service provider who will set up and staff the Martensville response base.