To receive reports on business which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be brought forward for urgent consideration.

The Chair, Councillor Mary Aspinall, stated that the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee (H&ASC OSC) had recently considered a report relating to Defibrillator provision in Council buildings across the city, following a motion on notice at City Council 30 January 2023. Following consideration, the H&ASC OSC had made the following recommendations to the Health and Wellbeing Board:

1.      That PCC works with partners to promote ‘Restart a Heart Day’ which takes place on and around 16 October each year;

2.      That PCC works with partners to promote CPR training;

3.      That all defibrillator owners across Plymouth are encouraged to register their defibrillators on The Circuit The Circuit - the national defibrillator network;

4.      That all defibrillators owners across Plymouth suitable for public access should consider whether access could be widened to 24/7, if not already;

5.      That PCC promote schemes to access funding for publicly accessible defibrillators amongst communities;

6.      That PCC work with partners to provide defibrillators at St Budeaux library and Southway library.

The H&ASC OSC had also recommended to the Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care, that defibrillators were commissioned at the locations identified within the report:

·         5 defibrillators to be installed at The Guildhall, Chelson Meadow, Raglan Court, The Reatch Centre and Colwell Lodge;

·         2 other locations, St library and Southway library to havedefibrillators installed funded with partners.’

The Board discussed:

a.     The department for Health and Social Care had recently announced a bid for community organisations to apply for funding for defibrillator procurement in their area. This link would be shared with all councillors;

b.    Communications and engagement work would be undertaken to promote these recommendations within the community, and board members/ partners were encouraged to share these recommendations within their own spheres of influence;

c.     It was requested that CPR training be made available to all Councillors;

d.    Councillors were encouraged to promote these recommendations and defibrillator awareness within their own constituencies to ensure maximum uptake;

e.     The Cabinet Member for health and Adult Social Care agreed to amend condition 6: ‘that PCC work with partners to provide defibrillators at St Budeaux library and Southway library’, to include ‘and any other appropriate library sites’.

The Board agreed to note the recommendations, and promote them within their own spheres of influence.