Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children's Services.

The Committee received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services concerning public defibrillators. The report set out the provision of recorded defibrillators within the City and proposals to encourage more public access defibrillators within the City of London. The Director of Community and Children’s Services circulated a map to Members demonstrating the locations of the defibrillators already in place.

The Corporation wanted to increase the availability and distribution of 24/7 publicly accessible defibrillators in the City, and had prepared a budget to grant fund parties willing to work with one of the charities working in this field. Officers planned to meet with the Community Heartbeat Trust, to explore the ability of such an organisation to support the proposals with their knowledge of the governance and security implications of increasing the provision of defibrillators. Members were supportive of the proposals, and made suggestions for promoting the scheme and increasing the awareness of currently available defibrillators.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.