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All employers must have Automated External Defibrillators.
Closed
47 signatures
What the petition asks
Mandate in legislation, specifically First Aid Regulations 1981 to ensure all employers have at least 1 AED (Automated External Defibrillator) available on their site, based on the employers first aid risk assessment.
Heart and circulatory diseases cause a quarter of all deaths in the UK, that’s more than 160,000 deaths each year – an average of 460 deaths each day or one every three minutes in the UK.
In the UK there are as many as 100,000 hospital admissions each year due to heart attacks: that's one every five minutes.
More than 900,000 people in the UK are living with heart failure.
Strokes cause around 34,000 deaths in the UK each year and are the biggest cause of severe disability in the UK.
SAVELIVES
In the UK there are as many as 100,000 hospital admissions each year due to heart attacks: that's one every five minutes.
More than 900,000 people in the UK are living with heart failure.
Strokes cause around 34,000 deaths in the UK each year and are the biggest cause of severe disability in the UK.
SAVELIVES
Timeline
| 17 Mar 2023 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 17 Sep 2023 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
47
Status
Closed
Opened
17 Mar 2023
Closed
17 Sep 2023
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.