A further £500,000 investment to improve access to community defibrillators has been announced by the Welsh Government.

The funding will enable community groups, sports grounds, and public organisations to access a defibrillator and is a further boost to the £500k announced in September last year.

Previous funding saw more than 400 applications for defibrillators approved, including from local and town councils, residents' associations, gyms, schools, sporting venues, childcare venues, and places of worship.

Save a Life Cymru, a Welsh Government-funded campaign, also helps to raise awareness, fund new educational and CPR training resources and improve public access to defibrillators.

Eluned Morgan, minister for Health, said: "I am pleased to announce a further £500k in funding, bringing our investment in community defibrillators to £1 million in the last six months.

"I am committed to raising awareness of lifesaving skills and ensuring better community access to defibrillators across Wales.

"It's important we have a comprehensive network of defibrillators, people are aware of that network and have the confidence to use them. The work of Save a Life Cymru will help support this.

"Every second counts when someone suffers a cardiac arrest. We can all help raise awareness of the importance of early CPR and defibrillation."

A person's chance of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest decreases by an estimated 10% with every passing minute. Every year in Wales, around 6,000 people suffer sudden cardiac arrest.

Currently, there are 6,188 public access defibrillators registered with the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust and Circuit, the national defibrillator network.

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