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Petition · past parliament

All students to have basic first aid training in schools.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

I have peers that have medical requirements and if anything went wrong I wouldn’t know how to help them. I think we need basic first aid training including how to use an epipen and a defibrillator.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Mandatory regular lessons at school about first aid

Timeline

15 Jun 2019 Petition opened for signatures
5 Jul 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 5 Jul 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.