Two officers saved the life of a man suffering chest pains using newly-provided a defibrillator.

On August 8 officers received reports of a 66-year-old man suffering chest pains in Barfield Avenue in Whetstone, having received their defibrillators the previous day.

Within seven minutes officers were providing CPR and using the equipment, before the London Ambulance Service took the man to a north London hospital.

The ambulance crew said the officers saved the man's life.

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Chris Hartley-Sharpe, head of first responders at the ambulance service, said: "Every second counts when someone is in cardiac arrest.

"The only way to restart a heart is with a defibrillator, so the sooner one arrives with someone trained to use it, the better the outcome for the patient.

"While we will always send an ambulance response as a priority, by working together with the Met we can ensure patients in cardiac arrest receive vital treatment as quickly as possible."

The boroughs of Brent, Haringey and Kingston have most recently received their batch of defibrillators, with Enfield, Croydon, Havering and Ealing the first to receive the equipment at the beginning of the initiative in November 2015.

Based on statistics from the pilot, it is estimated the scheme providing this equipment could saved dozens of lives each year.