Julian, perhaps you missed my earlier post in this thread - defibs should be registered with The Circuit which means they will be added to the defibfinder map.That means the ambulance service can find them. It's much harder for residents to know where they are. This arose recently when JC Decaux applied to instal another of its huge digital advertising boards on Chiswick High Road. The sweetener was its new design which incorporates a defibrillator. I asked the council to conduct an audit of defibrillators in the borough as there are more than anyone knows about. The number will change as organisations and businesses instal them for their purposes, and some will only be available when those organisations are open, but knowing what we have where and when is the point. We can then work to fill gaps. We need a network of defibrillators available 24 hours a day at strategic and well-known spots. That could be tube stations, railway stations, Chiswick Library, Chiswick Town Hall, schools, car parks, social housing blocks and buildings, open spaces, visitor attractions. In wards where there are fewer notable locations, other arrangements are needed. In some places (such as listed buildings) they will need to be sensitively placed. But's not impossible to do. It does, of course, cost money and the responsibility to test them and ensure they are always ready to use is paramount. As a reminder, this is my post from above:I did a little research when looking at the application for a JC Decaux digital advertising board with defibrillator attached on Chiswick High Road. There are many defibrillators in Chiswick, some with a very narrow use (for example, in offices, churches, local groups) which are only available during the host's business hours, and others (such as in hotels) which are available 24 hours a day. Through that, I discovered The Circuit, the National Defibrillator Network, which is the national database of defibrillators used by all ambulance services. Wherever this defibrillator ends up, please encourage whoever is hosting it to register it on the database (which also means testing it regularly to make sure it is always read to be used).https://www.thecircuit.ukThere is also a map showing where all the registered Circuit defibrillators are; you can put in a postcard and it shows the nearest (it's hyper-local so the Chiswick postcode I used didn't show all the defibs in Chiswick but it's useful even so):https://www.defibfinder.uk
Joanna Biddolph ● 97d