There will be a defibrillator in all state-funded schools in England by the end of the academic year after the first of 20,000 units were dispatched.
It comes after campaigner Mark King – who lost his son Oliver to a cardiac arrest aged just 12 – convinced the Department for Education (DfE) to take action.
Deliveries have begun this week to schools that don’t currently have a device and guidance has been published on their use (DfE, 2023).
