Problem
As a parent I trust our school to keep my child safe while out of my care which I am sure you would agree goes beyond teaching them in lessons.
I was shocked to learn that the school doesn’t have a automatic defibrillator onsite. I know that staff are trained in CPR however it is well proven that the odds of survival should CPR be needed is increased significantly with the use of an Automatic Defibrillator.

From a personal perspective, my son has a severe nut allergy and is at risk of anaphylaxis. When I learnt of his allergy last year we found   out that schools can keep one EpiPen or generic auto injector onsite due to new legislation but the school made the decision to not do this as there are a few brands of auto injector and different strengths. However the brands all contain the same medicine and keeping a pen with the lowest dose of andreline is better than no drug!.

Although Hurst Park is a nut free school, there has been many times when parents have encounted nut products being onsite at the school. As parents we have personally had a few incidences of this happening to our son George.

I personally don’t see why our school doesn’t have either of these items as the Defibs can be brought for as little as £800 and EpiPens for £80 (I believe the government might even find these but not sure on the detail). A small price to pay for a child’s or adults life.

Solution
I am petitioning for Mrs Divey at Hurst Park Primary to work with the PTA to raise funds for a Automatic Defibrillator & EpiPen/ Auto injector to be onsite at the school.