A man was taken to hospital after falling with a head injury after falling from a roof in Eltham this afternoon (January 30).

An ambulance crew and a single responder in a car were sent to Avery Hill Road at 3.04pm following reports a man had fallen from a height.

London's Air Ambulance were also dispatched, landing in Avery Hill Park.

Paramedics treated one man, reported to be in his 40s, for a head injury, along with injuries to his shoulder and hand.

He was taken as a priority to King's College Hospital.