Last Updated on 25/10/2024 by Samantha Lewis
On 23rd October 2024, BHTA held a Parliamentary drop-in event to ask MPs to pledge their support for the Scrap The Heart Restart Tax campaign. The campaign, fronted by 20-year-old Jack Hurley, who collapsed whilst playing football last June and was saved by the local club defibrillator, is calling for the VAT tax applied to these life-saving devices to be scrapped.
Removing this extra cost (which can be up to £500), would make defibrillators more affordable, meaning more can be bought and made available in local communities.
The drop-in event, held at Westminster, was attended by over 65 parliamentarians, including opposition frontbenchers and members of the Health and Social Care Select Committee.
Jack and BHTA CEO, David Stockdale, also handed a petition to No.10 Downing St., signed by over 85,000 people in support of the campaign.
See the day in pictures below: