Jamie Carragher will meet the Education Secretary today to push for a change in legislation to make it mandatory for schools to have a defibrillator on site.
Jamie and Mark King from the Oliver King Foundation will meet Nadhim Zahawi to discuss the practicalities of ensuring every school in the country has a life-saving defibrillator. The Oliver King Foundation was founded in 2012 after Mark's son Oliver tragically died during a school swimming race.
Oliver was just 12 when he died from Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome, a hidden heart condition which kills 12 young people a week. It's estimated 270 children die each year from the condition. Oliver's parents have been campaigning for a change in the law to make defibrillators mandatory in all schools, with more than 60 lives being saved because of the charity's work.
