Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Include CPR in the national curriculum
Rejected
29 signatures
What the petition asks
In school children get taught things, some are useless, some are essential, most people do not know how to do CPR. Is learning about maths more important than saving someone's life?
They should be taught at secondary schools or higher.
A study showed more than a 1/3 of adults do not know how to do CPR.
The NHS is under pressure and the average ambulance arrival time was 9 minutes in December 2021.
Every second counts especially in cardiac arrest, after 3 minutes you can have brain damage and it just gets worse.
A study showed more than a 1/3 of adults do not know how to do CPR.
The NHS is under pressure and the average ambulance arrival time was 9 minutes in December 2021.
Every second counts especially in cardiac arrest, after 3 minutes you can have brain damage and it just gets worse.
Why it was rejected
The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.
How to administer CPR is already part of the health curriculum for secondary schools, which you can see on page 38 of the curriculum guidance here:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1090195/Relationships_Education_RSE_and_Health_Education.pdf
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1090195/Relationships_Education_RSE_and_Health_Education.pdf
Timeline
| 15 Dec 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 13 Jan 2023 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
29
Status
Rejected
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
15 Dec 2022
Rejected
13 Jan 2023
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.