Submitted on Tuesday 24th May 2022
Rejected on Monday 30th May 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Make it Law for Children in Primary&Secondary Education to Receive CPR training.
I would like it to be compulsory for schools who teach children ages 8+ to teach them the chain of survival (including how to call for help, how to use an AED safely if one is available, how to administer cardiovascular resuscitation).
Current resuscitation statistics in the UK are staggeringly low, this could be changed by implementing the compulsory training of the chain of survival, which is proven to save lives. This teaching of children is proven to give patients the best chance when they suffer a cardiac arrest out of hospital. Norway has implemented this into the curriculum since 1961 and has the highest survival rate in the world of 25% in comparison to the UK of only 8-10%. This could save so many people worth saving.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Government's new Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education curriculum requires that all students be taught first aid in primary and secondary schools. This includes "life-saving skills, including how to administer CPR".
You can read the full Relationships Education, Relationships and
Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education curriculum here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/908013/Relationships_Education__Relationships_and_Sex_Education__RSE__and_Health_Education.pdf
You could start a new petition asking for a specific change to the above guidance. For example, you may wish the Government to change the suggestion that "CPR is usually best taught after 12 years old" to after 8 years old, if that's something that you'd like to see.
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Make Health Education a compulsory separate subject in all schools: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/610659
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