Bury North MP James Daly is backing a St John's Ambulance first aid campaign five years after the Manchester Arena bombing.

The ‘Three Ways to Save a Life campaign’ provides training sessions on how to deliver key life saving techniques.

Some of the techniques being taught include how to deliver cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and use a defibrillator, treating severe bleeding and catastrophic haemorrhage, carrying out a primary survey, the recovery position and treating someone who is choking.

Mr Daly said: “I was extremely impressed to learn about the wide range of services provided by St John Ambulance.

“St John volunteers have played a vital role in supporting the NHS and local communities delivering over 1.6m hours of service in hospitals, on ambulances, at events and through community projects in Greater Manchester and across the country.

Bury Times: James Daly at the St John campaign James Daly at the St John campaign

“We have all seen them ready to provide first aid cover at local events and I encourage people from across Bury North to engage with this campaign to help support our local community and ultimately save lives.” 

The campaign is in partnership with BBC Radio Manchester, working to bring essential first aid skills to members of the public, lorganisations and community groups across the region.

Policy and public affairs officer Kit Bowerin said: “I would like to thank James Daly for his support for our campaign and congratulate our incredible volunteers in Bury for everything they do to serve their local community and support improved first aid resilience across Greater Manchester.

“At St John's we want to develop and maintain the capacity we need as the nation’s auxiliary ambulance service, to retain and engage volunteers who have joined us during the pandemic to help their communities through first aid and to ensure the expertise of skilled volunteers like ours is included in future planning for emergency resilience and response.”

Since the campaign launched in May more than 8,000 people have received first aid training helping the NHS and communities by enhancing public resilience to medical emergencies and serious incidents.