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Rejected petition Provide a medical assembly to children of age in high school on first aid.

I think it’s only right for children of age in secondary school to have an assembly on how to use control bleed kits and how to deal with situations that are getting out of hand or things they may come across in the streets or at home.

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I don’t think the professionals of the uk are doing as much as they can to help bring knife crime down. I agree on at least an assembly in school to help children understand that if they feel unsafe and have to protect themselves there are options for them. Children of age should know what to do or how to help in a situation that they may be around.

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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First aid is already part of the national curriculum (in RSHE). You can find more information about this here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education

You may also want to sign which calls for a similar action:  https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/654834

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