UK Parliament home

This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament

View other petitions from this Parliament

Closed Add CPR, Basic Life Support and Defib Training to National Curriculum for 14+

Closed on

Add these life saving skills to the kids syllabus for 14 years old and above to ensure everyone is fully CPR trained.

Supply schools with Resusci Annie mannequins and mock Defib machines and require students be taught how to react and perform CPR chest compressions should someone ever collapse in front of them.

Whether this be supply schools directly or allocated training dates to go to different schools. They should be taught basic life support skills, managing/ clearing an airway, chest compressions and how to apply defibrillator pads effectively. Everyone above the age of 14 should have these basic skills!

3,565 signatures

Show on a map

10,000

Petition progress

View all updates for this petition, with the most recent first.

  • Petition closed

  • Related activity

    Share your experience of access to Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs)

    On 4 November, Jim Shannon MP and Paul Howell MP will lead a debate on public access to Automatic External Defibrillators.

    To inform the debate, Jim Shannon MP wants to hear about your experiences. He may quote your contribution directly during the debate.

    Find out more and share your ideas with him here: https://ukparliament.shorthandstories.com/public-access-to-automatic-external-defibrillators/index.html

    Videos of the debate, the transcript and other relevant material will be accessible shortly after the debate on this webpage.

    The deadline for contributions is midday, 3 November.

    What are backbench business debates?

    Backbench business debates give backbenchers (MPs who aren’t ministers or shadow ministers) an opportunity to secure a debate on a topic of their choice, either in the Chamber or Westminster Hall.

    MPs can make a request for a debate to the Backbench Business Committee, who hears and decides which debates to schedule.

    Backbench debates can either be general debates (which do not end in a vote) or be on a substantive motion (which calls for an action and can end in a vote). This debate will be a general debate/ on a substantive motion.

  • Petition published

    This petition can now be signed.

    If this petition gets 10,000 signatures, government will respond to it.

    If this petition gets 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in Parliament.

    This petition will stay open until 6 November 2021.