Ensure travel companies have defibrillators with trained staff at all hotels

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Recently my father passed away in Majorca, Spain on a Thomson holiday. It wasn't until a few weeks after his death we found out that there was no defibrillator in the hotel let alone trained staff. Having the defibrillator may not of saved my father however it could save many other lives.

"Sudden Cardiac Arrest happens around 140,000 times a year in the UK alone, making it one of the UK’s largest killers – equivalent to a jumbo jet crashing every day! The potential for saving a life is dependent upon time, the faster medical help can be attained, the better the chance of survival. Clinical studies suggest you have less than 5 minutes from the event to save the life, this decreasing by up to 23% per minute" (communityheartbeat.org, 2016).

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

The Government can't require Spanish hotels to train their staff or have defibrillators on the premises. If you want a change for UK businesses, you could sign this petition:

Companies to have Defibrillators

Timeline

8 Jul 2016	Petition opened for signatures
19 Jul 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Jul 2016

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