Rejected petition Introduce compulsory First Aid Training to the schools national curriculum

I feel that the government needs to establish compulsory First Aid Training to youth in the educational system this can be easily be incorporated into the national curriculum.

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A leading charity states 'up to 150,000 people a year could be given a chance to live if more people knew first aid'

Additionally, in 2014, there were 22,807 seriously injured casualties in reported road traffic accidents.

This facts and figures could be drastically reduced in the future by targeting the young people of today.

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Date submitted 11 September 2015
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