Daniel Baird Foundation Bleed Kits

This contractor has recently introduced a company wide policy which makes it mandatory for all of their sites to have publicly available bleed kits on all sites in city centres or that see heavy footfall. They chose the Daniel Baird Foundation (DBF) due to the fact that the foundation was started following his death in Digbeth, Birmingham which is very local to a number of their Midlands sites and Regional Office, and as he was a worker in the construction industry.

The contractor held a launch event with Lynne Baird from the DBF, Wasim Ali Assistant Police Commissioner for Birmingham, Birmingham City Council (BCC) deputy leader Sharon Thompson, Head of Service Contextual Safeguarding and Consultant for Birmingham Children’s Trust Claire Graham, Skills, Planning and Performance Officer for the West Midlands Combined Authority Keiran Casey, Jayne Hanson from BCC’s Employment and Skills team and other local stakeholders in attendance to discuss the importance of installing kits on construction sites and the growing issue of knife crime.

This initiative is one that is cheap and simple to replicate in the industry, but could end up saving lives, whether that be to treat people who may have been stabbed near to a site but also for workers on site as well as these kits can be used to treat a number of injuries that could be seen on a live site.

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