Villagers are raising a glass to NHS staff who have fundraised for a new defibrillator to be located at their local Isle of Wight pub.

The Three Bishops, Brighstone is now home to the life-saving equipment.

It is thanks to the efforts of staff from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service Clinical Coordination Centre, who took part in a charity run.

The team at the Ambulance Training & Community Response Services (ATCORS) also contributed funds.

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Louise Walker, Ambulance Education, Training & Engagement Lead said: “I would like to sincerely thank Stacey and the team at The Three Bishops for all they have done and for very kindly taking on guardianship of the defibrillator.

"Having a Public Access Defibrillator available 24/7 is undoubtedly an asset to any community as the lifesaving device can greatly increase someone’s chance of survival from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

“If a person suffers an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, their chance of survival decreases by around 10% with every minute that defibrillation, if required, is delayed, which is why community public access defibrillators are so valuable.”

Maintenance of the defibrillator is being donated by the local community, thanks to the team at The Three Bishops.

Louise added: “We are also urging the public to register their defibrillators via www.thecircuit.co.uk as this is the network that connects the Ambulance Service with community defibrillators and asking all existing Circuit guardians to regularly check their defibrillator is emergency ready and update the Circuit.”