Petition · past parliament
Make Level 3 first aid compulsory in secondary schools and above.
Rejected
20 signatures
What the petition asks
Level 3 First Aid training be compulsory for all young people, available in secondary schools and above;that this training also be made available to the general public free of charge;that each estate and housing complex has at least one person per 50 residents (1:50) with the Level 3 training
Statistics show that the average ambulance response time is 8 minutes for a life-threatening call -
• Femoral artery puncture 5 minutes fatal depending on severity.
• Brachial artery puncture 90 seconds (1 and a half minutes)
• Jugular artery puncture 1-2 minutes
• Severe Heart attack or heart stops for any reason: once a heart has stopped one has 15 minutes to help the patient remain alive and stop the brain from dying, which can be done with good quality CPR according to the BBC website.
• Femoral artery puncture 5 minutes fatal depending on severity.
• Brachial artery puncture 90 seconds (1 and a half minutes)
• Jugular artery puncture 1-2 minutes
• Severe Heart attack or heart stops for any reason: once a heart has stopped one has 15 minutes to help the patient remain alive and stop the brain from dying, which can be done with good quality CPR according to the BBC website.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 21 Jul 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 29 Jul 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
20
Status
Rejected
Rejected
29 Jul 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.