Recurance · prevention of future deaths reports
Pre-inquest brief
Lack of public access defibrillators in colleges and schools
The earlier warning
Jane Reason · 25 Oct 2016 · Louise Hunt, Birmingham and Solihull
“Evidence at the inquest confirmed that the greatest charice of survival following an arrhythmic out of cardiac arrest is with early defibrillation and CPR.”
What was promised
Stated action 1 · response to Jane Reason (25 Oct 2016) · stated timescale: 18th October 2016
“The BHF has been a key partner in running national awareness campaigns about the importance of bystander CPR skills on "European Restart a Heart Day" for 3 years and have recently worked with a number of partners including the UK Resuscitation Council, British Red Cross, St John Ambulance and the 14 UK ambulance services to provide resources and support training of 150,000 young people in one day at a number of events across the UK on 18th October 2016”
judiciary.uk/…/2016-0376-Response-by-British-Heart-Foundation.p…
Stated action 2 · response to Jane Reason (25 Oct 2016) · stated timescale: none stated
“We are currently working with the Department of Health to oversee the distribution of £1,000,000 funding for public access defibrillators across communities in the UK.”
judiciary.uk/…/2016-0376-Response-by-Resuscitation-Council-UK.p…
What recurred
- 16 Apr 2025 · Adam Ankers · Valerie Charbit · Closely related · confidence 0.90 (high)
The clearest link, quoted from both reports:
Earlier · Jane Reason · 25 Oct 2016
“Evidence at the inquest confirmed that the greatest charice of survival following an arrhythmic out of cardiac arrest is with early defibrillation and CPR.”
Later · Adam Ankers · 16 Apr 2025
“POINT C: That there is a need for better understanding of the use of defibrillators particularly by lay persons and trained first aid persons”
What happened next
No web check of the stated actions has been published for this chain.