Bleed control kits installed in Kettering

Life-saving bleed cabinets are being installed around Kettering to help victims of attacks and accidents.

A bleed control kit can save lives, ensuring treatment can begin before paramedics arrive.

The kits provide vital first aid for anyone bleeding from a serious injury, such as an attack or accident.

Kettering Town Council is working with Off The Streets North Northants to get as many kits as possible installed in the town.

The first cabinets are being put up at the Newlands Centre and the railway station, with more to be erected on Rockingham Road, by the Salvation Army citadel, and later in Mill Road Park and Meadow Road Park.

The Council is using cash from its Community Infrastructure Fund to pay for the kits, with plans to put more across the town in the future.

Cllr Mark Rowley, Chairman of the Finance and Governance Committee, said: "I am really pleased to see these kits being installed in the town. We want to get as many kits as possible up so they have the potential to save people's lives."