Submitted on Thursday 9th February 2012
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Provide Defibrillators for Every School
12 young people die every week from Sufdden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in the UK, 80% of whom are unsymptomatic before the event. The current chance of surviving an SCA in the UK is only 6%, but immediate access to a defibrillator can raise this chance to 74%.
This petition is to raise the profile of the debate so that awareness of SCA can be increased and more defibrillators placed in schools to prevent the death of children.
Several charities, including Hand on Heart, SADS UK and CRY, are already raising awareness of SCA and raise money so that they can donate defibrillators to UK schools.
This petition will provide the impetus for the government to make defibrillators a compulsory piece of health and safety equipment for all UK schools and provide some funding towards their purchase.
Defibrillators are not expensive items when you consider that they could prevent the death of 12 children every week.
Sign this petition today to ensure the safety of children in our country.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
Removed at request of petitioner.
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