What (a) funding and (b) other assistance is in place for local authorities to increase the installation of defibrillators in schools.

To support organisations and communities who wish to purchase a defibrillator, Scottish Government published a guide in 2018 providing advice on purchasing and installing a public access defibrillator. This can be found at the following link: Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: guide to public access defibrillators
- gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
The guide includes information on organisations who operate subsidised schemes for the purchase of publicly accessible defibrillators. The British Heart Foundation is one of these organisations, they provide part funded defibrillators for communities alongside free ReVivr CPR training. More information on the BHF scheme can be found at the following link: https://www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help/how-to-save-a-life/defibrillators/apply-for-a-public-access-defibrillator
St John's Scotland also operate a community defibrillator scheme Public Access Community Defibrillators | St John Scotland
Scottish Ambulance Service can also provide advice and support around defibrillator purchase ( Automated External Defibrillators (scottishambulance.com) )