Hundreds of late-night venues across London will receive ‘Bleed Control Kits’ as part of a new initiative which aims to save lives.

The kits can save time until paramedics arrive and prevent bleeding leading to a fatality.

The scheme will see 320 kids distributed across the City of London over the next few weeks, following a similar launch by West Midlands Community Safety Partnership earlier this year.

The City of London Police is working in conjunction The Daniel Baird Foundation , an organisation run by Lynne Baird, the mother of knife crime victim Daniel Baird.

Daniel was fatally stabbed while out with friends in Birmingham on July 8, 2017.

But there were no first aid or Bleed Control Kits available and Daniel died shortly after arriving at hospital, due to catastrophic bleeding.



The City of London Police is funding the initiative, which launched on Monday (November 18), and the kits will be made available various premises with late-night licences.

"The City of London Police is proud to launch this initiative, in partnership with the Daniel Baird Foundation, as part of Lynne’s passionate campaign in memory of her son," said City of London Police’s Assistant Commissioner, Alistair Sutherland.

"These kits will help us achieve our aim of making the City as safe as possible for the people who live, work and visit the Square Mile.



“Daniel’s death was a tragedy that no parent should ever have to suffer.

"The initiative we’re launching with Lynne’s foundation today, will help Daniel’s memory go on in the lives that will be saved.”

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Staff at venues who receive the kits will be given training by Prometheus Medical, who developed and produced them.



On average, it takes an ambulance responding to a 999 call from someone with life-threatening illnesses or injuries, seven minutes to reach a patient, but bleeding from serious injuries – such as those suffered in a stabbing, shooting, car or industrial accident – can prove fatal in three to five minutes.

Bleed Control Kits can help save precious time until paramedics arrive at the scene and prevent catastrophic bleeding from leading to a fatality.

Lynne Baird, founder of the Daniel Baird Foundation, said: "I’m delighted that the City of London Police has agreed to partner with the Daniel Baird Foundation, and that these life-saving kits will now be distributed to venues across the City.

"I’m very proud of what the Foundation has achieved so far, initially in West Midlands and now with the City of London Police, but I don’t want it to stop here.

"I hope that this launch today will spark more forces to join our campaign and help make these kits available up and down the country.”