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<p>We recognise that better provision of defibrillators and increasing the number
of people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation could help save more lives of those
who have a cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting.</p><p> </p><p>That is why the
Chancellor announced in the budget in March 2016 that the Government is making available
another £1 million to make public access defibrillators and coronary pulmonary resuscitation
training more widely available in communities across England. This builds on last
year’s funding of £1 million, which provided almost 700 more publicly accessible defibrillators
in communities across England and increased the numbers of people trained in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation.</p><p> </p><p>Details on how this second tranche of the funding can
be accessed will be available in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education
(DfE) is encouraging schools to purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
as part of their first aid equipment and in November 2014 announced new arrangements
to allow schools to purchase AEDs at a competitive price. This is the result of a
unique agreement between the DfE and the Department of Health in which devices are
bought in bulk and the savings of around 50% are passed on to schools. Since the launch
of this policy, 1,389 defibrillators have been provided to schools.</p><p> </p><p>To
help schools in considering whether to purchase a defibrillator, DfE has published
advice on installing and maintaining AEDs on school premises. This has been developed
drawing on the expertise of National Health Service ambulance services and voluntary
and community sector organisations.</p>
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