Rejected petition Make first aid training, including CPR, compulsory in all UK schools

To make the teaching of first aid compulsory for all school students across the UK.

As a recent school leaver, I am concerned at the fact I went through primary and secondary education without any such training. Though widely offered as an optional module, I believe it should be made mandatory.

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I have started this petition now after the worrying incident at the Euro 2020 match between Denmark and Finland. This made me realise how I might find myself in a situation where I would be ill-prepared to give potentially lifesaving first aid.

I intend on learning first aid in the immediate future to ensure I would be prepared should a critical situation unfortunately arise at any point.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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The UK Government is only responsible for the national curriculum for England, but you may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/584705

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 12 June 2021
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